Meanings
nounHadley chest (plural Hadley chests)
plural Hadley chests
- A kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.
Origin
Named after the town of Hadley, Massachusetts, wherein banker Henry Wood Erving coined the term.
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Hadley chest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hadley%20chest
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