schrank

[ shrangk ]

noun

(in Pennsylvania Dutch furniture) a two-door clothes cabinet one side of which has drawers and shelves and the other side an open space for hanging clothes.

Origin of schrank

From Pennsylvania Dutch; compare German Schrank “cupboard”

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Brooks: I say, if I may quote a comedy writer named Joe schrank, I can hardly believe my hearing aid.
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He continued to exhibit the utmost indifference to the motives of schrank, who sought his life.
The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt | Oliver Remey
The thousands who were in the vicinity of the shooting clamored for schrank's life.
The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt | Oliver Remey
When schrank was first questioned at the central station he declined to give his name.
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schrank having disappeared, the crowd about the hotel hurried to the Auditorium.
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Upon its arrival schrank was hustled into it and taken to the central station.
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