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󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè

[ shif-uh-neer; French shee-faw-nyer ]

noun

French Furniture.
plural 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾès
  1. a worktable of the 18th century, having several tiers of shallow drawers.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè1

1800–10; < French, feminine of chiffonnier. See chiffonier
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The chairs and couches shone in slippery satin, with wonderful rosewood convolutions wriggling out from them, that one could hardly venture to call legs; and there was a terrible chiffonniere, full of looking-glasses, with a marble top, reflecting all these splendours over and over again—which was quite unnecessary.

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On trying to the left, he found that his hand rested on a 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè, his touch displacing a china cup and saucer standing upon the marble top.

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In the first room, a great glass 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè stood opposite the windows, ornamented by pillars supported by gilded angels.

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And, as we are come on matrimonial speculations, I may inform you, gracious reader, that the lower part of the 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè contains real old silver-plate for forty-eight persons; and that the large cabinet is filled with the finest table-linen, among which is still preserved that which grandmamma had spun with her own hands.

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There was a grand pianoforte too, and a glass 󾱴ڴڴDzԲԾè, in which all her little birthday and holiday gifts were arranged.

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