wedding chest

noun

First recorded in 1870–75

They carried poor Tatyana off along with her wedding chest—the chest fished up with my grapnel.

Then she spoke to her daughter: Dodo, when we go to Paris you can fill that old wedding chest with a trooso.

That day, Polly secured a Gothic wedding-chest with ornamented and beautifully carved sides and lid.

That hug means more to me than a 143 wedding-chest, laughed Dodo, pink with pleasure.

I was asked repeatedly by my German lady friends, Where is your wedding chest of linen?

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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