˜yÐÄvlog

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swell front

noun

Furniture.
  1. a horizontally convex front, as of a chest of drawers.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of swell front1

First recorded in 1855–60
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How many times hadn't she heard Maizie Dean solemnly affirm that "a swell front does more to put you in right than anything else, with them lowlifers"?

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It is of graceful design with free-flowing curves and an elliptical swell front where the balustrade has a solid three-panel insert.

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I, having the only swell 'front,' tackled a mansion, and the Irish servant-girl, to whom I told the truth, gave me a whole hand-out in a basket, enough for all of us.

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And him with a chest on him like a swell front mahog’ny bureau!

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But he knew where the house was located—a fine brick affair, with a swell front—and leaning his bicycle against a tree, he mounted the stone steps and rang the bell.

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