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armoire

[ ahrm-wahr, ahrm-wahr ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

armoire

/ ɑːmˈwɑː /

Origin of armoire¹

First recorded in 1565–75; from Middle French; Old French blend of armaire and aumoire; aumbry

Origin of armoire¹

C16: from French, from Old French armaire, from Latin armārium chest, closet; see ambry

At home in Pemberton, Magpie raves about all the outfits she can stow in the hand-me-down armoire her parents gifted them.

It certainly contains no weapons, so cannot be an armoury, and we conjecture that her word must be a corruption of armoire.

I no longer thought of how pretty my Brittany armoire was or how I loved my Empire desk.

He thrust his hand within the armoire and unhitched the white tunic from its peg.

Almost the moment he stepped from his tall ebony armoire Trent heard steps coming toward him.

In the corner of a panel in the armoire he bored two small holes and blew away the dust that fell from them.

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