mahoganyware

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noun

Articles made from mahogany.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounmahoganyware (uncountable)
  1. uncountableArticles made from mahogany.

    About Caring for Mahoganyware

    1949 May 2, “Ask Anne”, in The Washington Post, number 26,618, Washington, D.C., page 6B
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    Another, from W. J. Roués board, was built in the Royal Canadian Yacht Club’s shop at the Island, and a fine piece of mahoganyware she was, as well finished as either of her competitors.

    1937, C[harles] H[enry] J[eremiah] Snider, compiler, Annals of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 1852-1937: with a Record of the Club’s Trophies and the Contests for Them, Toronto, Ont.: Rous & Mann Limited, page 301

    Before the day was over, most of us had made several trips back to the ship loaded down with the various items of mahoganyware, which we had soon discovered to be the best buy in town, outside of those items which could not be brought on board in their normal state.

    1953, “1952 Cruise”, in Muster, Buzzards Bay, Mass.: Massachusetts Maritime Academy

    Haiti: The spot to buy mahoganyware. Gleaming 10-inch and 11-inch salad bowls cost $6 to $8, a solid mahogany coffee table, […]

    1960 March, Medical Times, volume 88, number 3, East Stroudsburg, Pa.: Romaine Pierson Publishers, Inc., page 156a

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Chicago

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