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Sideboard

noun

A removable board fitted on the side of a wagon to increase its capacity.

A board that forms part of the side of a bed or crib.

A piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room; has shelves and drawers. Synonyms: buffet, counter.

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"Sideboard" Quotes from Famous Books

... The boy looked exceedingly disappointed. He glanced from his mother to the table, then to the sideboard and then round the room ...

— The Son of His Mother • Clara Viebig

... in Cork Street. As soon as they entered it the man remarked on its warmth and its cosiness, so agreeable after the November streets. Christine only smiled. It was a long, narrow flat—a small sitting-room with a piano and a sideboard, opening into a larger bedroom shaped like a thick L. The short top of the L, not cut off from the rest of the room, was installed as a cabinet de toilette, but it had a divan. From the divan, behind which was a heavily curtained window, you could see right through the flat to the curtained ...

— The Pretty Lady • Arnold E. Bennett

... the house, plain wall-paper should be used, since the chief decorations are the china closet, cabinet and sideboard. ...

— Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife • Marion Mills Miller

... bespoke, and the sideboard set out to the best advantage, she thought that her own plate (which was worth near four hundred pounds sterling) did not make so elegant a shew as she desired; therefore sent to her brother (who was a Counsellor of the Parliament of Paris) to borrow all his plate; charging her maid ...

— Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed • Joseph Taylor

... the way to the dining-room, where the early Sunday dinner was already laid, and the decanters stood on the sideboard. The rector poured himself out a large glass of sherry, and drank it off ...

— Paul Faber, Surgeon • George MacDonald

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