Chifferobe


[shif-uh-rohb, shif-rohb] /ˈʃɪf əˌroʊb, ˈʃɪfˌroʊb/

noun
1.
a piece of furniture having both drawers and space for hanging clothes.
n.

also chifforobe; “article of furniture having drawers as well as space for hanging clothes,” c.1917, from merger of chiffonier + wardrobe (n.).

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