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Hadley chest

Hadley chest noun: a kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.

Noun

Hadley chest (plural Hadley chests)

  1. A kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.

Forms of Hadley chest

pluralHadley chests

Origin of Hadley chest

Named after the town of Hadley, Massachusetts, wherein banker Henry Wood Erving coined the term.

Questions about Hadley chest

What does Hadley chest mean?
Hadley chest means a kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.
What part of speech is Hadley chest?
Hadley chest is a noun.
What is the plural of Hadley chest?
The plural of Hadley chest is Hadley chests.

Words near Hadley chest in the dictionary

  1. Hadlers
  2. Hadley
  3. Hadley and Leegomery
  4. Hadley cell
  5. Hadley cells
  6. Hadley chest
  7. Hadley chests
  8. Hadley circulation
  9. Hadley Wood
  10. Hadlington
  11. Hadlingtons

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