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A wardrobe with delusions of grandeur and the square footage to back them up.
means A large, freestanding cabinet or wardrobe, typically tall and ornate, used for storing clothes or other household items.
from From French armoire, descended from Latin armarium, a chest or cupboard for storing tools and implements — built from arma, meaning arms or equipment. So before it held your sweaters, its ancestor held the gear of soldiers and craftsmen; the word swapped weaponry for wardrobes somewhere along its journey into French.
- french roots
- Originally stored armor, hence the militant name
- narnia portal
- Literature's favorite gateway to other worlds
- freestanding flex
- Predates the built-in closet by centuries
- heirloom heft
- Often outlives the families who own them
marie antoinette's armoire — 18th century french wardrobe furniture displayed at versailles, containing her personal clothing collection
william iv armoire — mahogany cabinet from 1830s england, sold at christie's for £12,000 in 2019