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Commode logo #10101) Chiffonier 2) Crapper
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Commode logo #10101) Crapper 2) Elegant chest of drawers 3) French word used in English 4) Headdress popular about 1700 5) Low chest of drawers 6) Plumbing fixture 7) Potty 8) Stool 9) Throne 10) Throne, so to speak 11) Toilet 12) Wash basin holder 13) Washbasin stand 14) Where to go
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  1. a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
  2. a tall elegant chest of drawers

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Commode logo #21000 A commode, commode with legs, or commode on legs is any of several pieces of furniture. The word commode comes from the French word for `convenient` or `suitable`, which in turn comes from the Latin adjective commodus, with similar meanings. == History and types == Originally, in French furniture, a commode introduced about 1700 meant a low ca...
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Commode logo #21002• (n.) A kind of close stool. • (n.) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel. • (n.) A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet. • (n.) A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion • (n.) A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap t...
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commode logo #21358In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the French name for a low chest of drawers. The word gradually came to describe any low cupboard or chest which was of a decorative French pattern.
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Commode logo #21040A small, low chest with doors or drawers, many traditionally styled nightstands are referred to as commodes.
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commode logo #21003in dress, wire framework that was worn ( 1690–1710 in France and England) on the head to hold in position a topknot made of ribbon, starched linen, ...
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commode logo #21003type of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers, in use in France in the late 17th century. Most commodes had marble tops, and some were ... [3 related articles]
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Commode logo #10444A small portable toilet.
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commode

commode logo #10444In the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the French name for a low chest of drawers. The word gradually came to describe any low cupboard or chest which was of a decorative French pattern.
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Commode logo #20972Com·mode' noun [ French commode , from commode convenient, Latin commodus ; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode .] 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
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Commode logo #22651Low chest of drawers or cupboard; originally referred to a nightstand that concealed a chamber pot.
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commode logo #22650A low chest of drawers, usually with short legs, intended to be set against a wall.
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Commode logo #21217A commode is an occasional table supported by a cupboard, sometimes also with drawers. They were very popular in the 18th century. The term is also applied to a bedside cupboard.
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Commode logo #21217A commode was a lady's head-dress in use at the time of William and Mary, and consisting of a wire frame two or three stories high covered with tiffany or other thin silks.
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commode logo #21084An arcahic style of toilet. 'A box-like structure holding a chamber pot under an open seat.' Sometimes slang for 'toilet'.
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commode logo #20974crapper noun a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
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Commode logo #22649French word for a low chest of drawers, often with a bowed front; in Victorian times, it referred to a nightstand that concealed a chamber pot.
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commode logo #21199a low cabinet or similar piece of furniture, often highly ornamental, containing drawers or shelves. · a stand or cupboard containing a chamber pot or washbasin. · toilet (def. 1). · a portable toilet, esp. one on a chairlike frame with wheels, as for an invalid. · an elaborate headdress consisting chiefly of a high framework...
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