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  • 1hope chest — noun chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage • Syn: ↑wedding chest • Hypernyms: ↑chest * * * noun 1. : a young woman s accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver, linen) kept …

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  • 2Hope chest — For other uses, see Hope chest (disambiguation). A hope chest, dowry chest, cedar chest, or glory box is a chest used to collect items such as clothing and household linen, by unmarried young women in anticipation of married life. The term hope… …

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  • 3hope chest — ☆ hope chest n. a chest in which a young woman collects linen, clothing, etc. in anticipation of getting married …

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  • 4Water on the chest — Water Wa ter (w[add] t[ e]r), n. [AS. w[ae]ter; akin to OS. watar, OFries. wetir, weter, LG. & D. water, G. wasser, OHG. wazzar, Icel. vatn, Sw. vatten, Dan. vand, Goth. wat[=o], O. Slav. & Russ. voda, Gr. y dwr, Skr. udan water, ud to wet, and… …

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  • 5hope chest — noun Date: 1911 a young woman s accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver and linen) kept in anticipation of her marriage; also a chest for such an accumulation …

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  • 6hope chest — noun N. Amer. a chest in which household linen is stored by a woman in preparation for marriage …

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  • 7Champlain Place — Place Champlain Place Location Dieppe (Moncton), New Brunswick Coordinates …

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  • 8Les Galeries d'Anjou — 45°36′02″N 73°33′52″O / 45.60056, 73.56444 …

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  • 9Centre Rockland — 45° 31′ 42″ N 73° 38′ 53″ W / 45.528396, 73.647996 …

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  • 10Pieter de Hooch — (pronounced IPA| [hox] , also spelled Hoogh or Hooghe ) (baptized December 20, 1629 – 1684) was a genre painter during the Dutch Golden Age. He was a contemporary of Dutch Master Jan Vermeer, with whom his work shared themes and style.BiographyDe …

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