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chest-on-chest

[ chest-on-chest, -awn- ]

noun

  1. a chest of drawers placed upon a slightly wider chest of drawers.


chest-on-chest

noun

  1. another term for tallboy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of chest-on-chest1

An Americanism dating back to 1810–20
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Example Sentences

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The college is preserving the Trust’s detailed notes about where Cresson stored the sheets, like “second floor hallway, chest-on-chest, third tier drawer.”

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