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Commode   /kəmˈoʊd/   Listen
noun
Commode  n.  
1.
A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. "Or under high commodes, with looks erect."
2.
A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion; as:
(a)
A chest of drawers or a bureau.
(b)
A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
(c)
A kind of close stool.
(d)
A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.





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"Commode" Quotes from Famous Books



... we will make a small mercantile operation." So saying, he opened the door of a large commode. "See, here are twelve pounds of the purest wax-lights. I am a poor man, with weak eyes. I have no use for these lights; I can never hope to profit by them. Here, also, are several pounds of sugar and coffee, the savings of the last two months. You will buy all this of me; ...
— Berlin and Sans-Souci • Louise Muhlbach


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