7 March 2017
armoire
[ahrm-wahr, ahrm-wahr]
noun
1. a large wardrobe or movable cupboard, with doors and shelves.
Origin of armoire
Middle French, Old French
1565-1575; < Middle French; Old French blend of armaire and aumoire ambry
Can be confused
amour, armoire, armor.
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Examples from the Web for armoire
Historical Examples
It seemed such a small brown spot, in such haste, dipping between the candles on the armoire.
When the Owl Cries
Paul Bartlett
He turned on his side and watched the sunbeam as it crept up the face of the armoire.
Fort Amity
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
I want you to see an armoire that he has carved, it is up in our exhibition room.
Stories of a Western Town
Octave Thanet
He puffed out a candle and watched her bend over another atop the armoire.
When the Owl Cries
Paul Bartlett
In the corner of a panel in the armoire he bored two small holes and blew away the dust that fell from them.
The Secret of the Silver Car
Wyndham Martyn
Opening the armoire, she took out a box of exquisitely inlaid woods, and placed it upon the table.
Flora Adair, Vol. 2 (of 2)
A. M. Donelan
He had supposed it to be left behind in the armoire at Boisveyrac.
Fort Amity
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
And the clever hussy drew from her armoire a little dagger, which she knew how to use with great skill when necessary.
Droll Stories, Complete
Honore de Balzac
It certainly contains no weapons, so cannot be an armoury, and we conjecture that her word must be a corruption of armoire.
Penelope’s Experiences in Scotland
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Then taking a cloak from the armoire he enveloped himself in it, so as to completely hide the jeweled scabbard.
Robert Tournay
William Sage
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Today’s quote
Until justice is blind to color, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the color of men’s skins, emancipation will be a proclamation but not a fact.
– Lyndon B. Johnson
On this day
7 March 1876 – Scottish-born Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone.
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7 March 1999 – death of Stanley Kubrick, legendary movie producer. Some of his movies include ‘2001 – A Space Odyssey’, ‘The Shining’, ‘A Clockwork Orange’, ‘Full Metal Jacket’ and ‘Eyes Wide Shut’. Born 26 July 1928.
7 March 2011 – Charlie Sheen fired from U.S. sitcom, ‘Two and a Half Men’ after allegations of drug abuse.