Welsh dresser

noun

A piece of furniture used to store and display crockery.

First used 19th c.
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Meanings

nounWelsh dresser (plural Welsh dressers)

plural Welsh dressers

  1. A piece of furniture used to store and display crockery.First known use 19th c.

    They furnished the house with mahogany sideboard, leather settee, oak Welsh-dresser – handsome furniture […].

    1976, Angela Carter, “The Mother Lode”, in Shaking a Leg, Vintage, published 2013, page 14

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
scotch dresser
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