wardrobe trunk

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noun

a large, upright trunk, usually with space on one side for hanging clothes and drawers or compartments on the other for small articles, shoes, etc.

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Origin of wardrobe trunk

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90

Words nearby wardrobe trunk

Wardour Street, wardress, wardrobe, wardrobe malfunction, wardrobe mistress, wardrobe trunk, wardroom, -wards, wardship, ware, warehou

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How to use wardrobe trunk in a sentence

In December, he did his first trunk shows in Paris and New York.
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A declaration of candidacy signed by Cuomo was in the trunk of his car.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If I was to build a wardrobe fit for a president, I needed to know what I was working with.
From Auschwitz to the White House: One Tailor’s American Tale|Martin Greenfield|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“I was a little nervous every time I took the camera out [of the trunk] that it would take me over,” he says.
From Fashion Player to Photographer Monk|Nina Strochlic|December 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He derived enormous satisfaction from some customers choosing to base the rest of their wardrobe around his socks.
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A few moments afterward he was seen dragging his own trunk ashore, while Mr. Hitchcock finished his story on the boiler deck.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
Robert assisted her into the hammock which swung from the post before her door out to the trunk of a tree.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Vunce I seen a feller–I hat some snakes here in algohol–unt dat feller he trunk de algohol.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
My son gives the young men and women a complete wardrobe when they start out to win their way in life, and the details fall on me.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Indeed a child will sometimes complete the drawing by adding feet and hands before he troubles to bring in the trunk (see Fig. 8).
Children's Ways|James Sully

British Dictionary definitions for wardrobe trunk

wardrobe trunk

noun

a large upright rectangular travelling case, usually opening longitudinally, with one side having a hanging rail, the other having drawers or compartments

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