chiffonier

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tall, narrow chest of drawers or cabinet, sometimes fitted with a mirror

   The bottles were arranged in a row on top of the chiffonier.

Borrowed from French chiffonnier, which denoted both a rag collector and a piece of furniture for storing scraps or small articles. It derives from chiffon ("rag, scrap of cloth"), before narrowing in English to kinds of cabinet or chest.

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