swell front


nounFurniture.
  1. a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.

Origin of swell front

1
First recorded in 1855–60

Words Nearby swell front

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How to use swell front in a sentence

  • I ain't got money; nobody's left ME a cart load of dollars and a swell front house.

    Cap'n Dan's Daughter | Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Esther,” said she, “I jest wanted to ask you if there wa'n't two of them old swell-front bureaus in the north chamber upstairs.

    Jane Field | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • It is of the swell-front type and has five deep drawers and a closet.

    The Old Furniture Book | N. Hudson Moore