Cupboard
71livery cupboard — a cupboard with pierced doors, formerly used as a storage place for food. Also called almoner s cupboard. [1565 75] * * * …
72press cupboard — Eng. Furniture. a cupboard of the 16th and 17th centuries having an overhanging top above a recessed cabinet, beneath which is a section of drawers or cabinets. Cf. court cupboard. * * * …
73airing cupboard — airing .cupboard n BrE a warm cupboard in a house where you keep sheets …
74linen cupboard — linen .cupboard n BrE a cupboard in which sheets, ↑towels etc are kept American Equivalent: linen closet …
75airing cupboard — airing cupboards N COUNT In British houses, an airing cupboard is a warm cupboard where you put clothes and other things that have been washed and partly dried, to make sure they are completely dry …
76(a) skeleton in the cupboard — a skeleton in the/(your) cupboard British & Australian, American an embarrassing secret. If you want to be a successful politician, you can t afford to have too many skeletons in your cupboard …
77(a) skeleton in your cupboard — a skeleton in the/(your) cupboard British & Australian, American an embarrassing secret. If you want to be a successful politician, you can t afford to have too many skeletons in your cupboard …
78(a) skeleton in cupboard — a skeleton in the/(your) cupboard British & Australian, American an embarrassing secret. If you want to be a successful politician, you can t afford to have too many skeletons in your cupboard …
79dole cupboard — noun Etymology: dole (I) : an ecclesiastical cupboard to contain bread or other supplies for the poor of the parish * * * a livery cupboard formerly used in churches for holding bread to be distributed to the poor. [1905 10] …
80cry cupboard — To cry for food • • • Main Entry: ↑cupboard …
