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vargueno

American

[vahr-geyn-yoh] / vɑrˈgeɪn joʊ /

noun

Spanish Furniture.

a fall-front desk of the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries, having the form of a chest upon a small table.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

varguenos

plural

Etymology

Origin of vargueno

< Spanish bargueño (work) of Bargas (town near Toledo)

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