The chiffonnier smiled a dark smile, and turned away. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
An old chiffonnier (or rag picker) died in Paris in a state apparently of the most abject poverty. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Three Hundred Anecdotes Historical, Literary, and Humorous—A New Selection] Reference
The small horsehair sofa where he sometimes tried to find a resting-place and failed; the tiny chiffonnier, unenlightened by. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of St. Olave's] Reference
But the chiffonnier refused to give up its secret. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
Mrs. Beale let us have the four big ones off her chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [New Treasure Seekers or, The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune] Reference
And as they passed her room he saw still another on the chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [The Fifth String] Reference
She thought of the bag -- that bag which had rumbled about so queerly in the chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
He opened the drawers of the bureau and chiffonnier and strewed the contents about the room. From Wordnik.com. [The Sacrificial Altar] Reference
I'll move the bed where the wash-stand is now, and I'll make the chiffonnier swap places with the couch. From Wordnik.com. [Dawn O'Hara, the Girl Who Laughed] Reference
Sea-shells are quiet things when they are vacant, and Mrs. Beale let us have the four big ones off her chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [New Treasure Seekers] Reference
And we could have the little drawing-room chiffonnier between the windows for our pieces, and odds and ends in the cupboards. From Wordnik.com. [Not Like Other Girls] Reference
There was only one place where anything could be kept concealed -- that place was the substantial if small mahogany chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
The first to appear was a 'chiffonnier,' who threw his sack and pick down by the basin, bathed his face, and drank from his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Essays] Reference
And now, this afternoon, she looked at the rosewood chiffonnier with longing eyes -- she even gave that pretty little piece of furniture. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
At three o'clock Elma discovered her removing the covers from the drawing-room cushions, and folding them neatly away in the chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [Flaming June] Reference
Powell suddenly remembered that she had left part of her needle-work upon a chiffonnier behind the young man's chair, and rose quietly to fetch it. From Wordnik.com. [Aurora Floyd. A Novel] Reference
Jean Duclos -- he is a chiffonnier -- had his one child dying of typhoid fever, and he was watching it struggling for breath; it was at the point to die. From Wordnik.com. [A Romance of Two Worlds] Reference
You will find rubbers in the front hall by that thing which has the umbrellas in it, chiffonnier, I think they call it, or pergola, or something like that. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete] Reference
You will find rubbers in the front hall, by that thing which has the umbrellas in it, chiffonnier, I think they call it, or pergola, or something like that. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain]
He did not perceive Elizabeth, who, hidden behind, was kneeling to arrange something in the chiffonnier, till she rose up and proceeded to fasten the parlor shutters. From Wordnik.com. [Mistress and Maid. A Household Story.] Reference
Convinced at last that he was alone, he set it down again, wiped the perspiration from his forehead, and opening a cupboard in the chiffonnier, produced a bottle and a glass. From Wordnik.com. [The Avenger] Reference
The brown leather bag which had formed Mr. Sleuth's only luggage the afternoon of his arrival was almost certainly locked up in the lower part of the drawing-room chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
Mavis looked about her at the gilt-framed glass over the mantelpiece, the table, the five chairs (including one arm), the sofa and the chiffonnier, which was pretty well all the furniture that the room contained. From Wordnik.com. [Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl] Reference
Once or twice he had casually redressing-case, with its array of silver toilet articles, the solid front of his chiffonnier, the carved arms of his favorite lounging-chair, even the etchings and prints on the walls. From Wordnik.com. [Many Kingdoms] Reference
I could, seeing that the doors of the chiffonnier are locked. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
"Taking advantage of your being out I went up to dust the drawing-room, and while I was trying to get behind the chiffonnier it tilted. From Wordnik.com. [The Lodger] Reference
Phillis was arranging on the chiffonnier. From Wordnik.com. [Not Like Other Girls] Reference
Lady's chair, gent's chair, sofa, and four uprights, with chiffonnier, and overmantel, and all. From Wordnik.com. [Flaming June] Reference
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