china closet
or china cabinet
noun
a cabinet or cupboard for storing or exhibiting chinaware.
Origin of china closet
1First recorded in 1765–75
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How to use china closet in a sentence
Then he must go back to the dining-room or the china closet and take the cook with him.
One might have thought they were big and little and middling-sized clam-shells, if one had not seen them in a china-closet.
The Library of Work and Play: Housekeeping | Elizabeth Hale GilmanHe never could be made to understand why certain articles in the china closet should have certain places.
The Blue and The Gray | A. R. WhiteThere was in the china closet a small piece of furniture, very convenient about a house, called a step-ladder.
Rollo's Philosophy. [Air] | Jacob AbbottIt opened into a small china-closet, connected by another door with a long passage.
What did the lady take me for; a Chinaman, to put me in a china closet?
An American Hobo in Europe | Ben Goodkind
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