heavy furniture
n.— «Some have thought of her at times as what celebrity-wranglers bemoan as “heavy furniture.”» —“A Critic, Insatiable and Dismissed” by Glenn Collins New York Times Nov. 26, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
A listener from Indianapolis asks about the word chiffarobe meaning “a heavy wooden cabinet that combines hanging space with drawers.” The term is a blend of the French word chiffonier—originally a “rag-gatherer” used to store small personal...
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