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noun

dresser n.

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

(Mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.

(a)

A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.

(b)

A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils. "The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine."

Dresser n. A piece of chamber furniture consisting of a chest of drawers, or bureau, with a mirror. (U. S.)

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Etymology of 'Dresser'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dresser" Quotes from Famous Books

... refreshments at the stations, which were very properly denied to the troops, and he rejoiced exceedingly to exercise his privilege. He could sleep in almost any position, and generally lay down on the kitchen dresser without any form of pillow, or slept serenely in a sitting posture with his feet elevated ...

— With Methuen's Column on an Ambulance Train • Ernest N. Bennett

... not less than two tables are required: one for all rough work,—preparing meat, vegetables, &c, and dishing up meals; the other for general convenience. The first must stand as near the sink and fire as possible; and close to it, on a dresser, which it is well to have just above the table and within reach of the hand, should be all the ...

— The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking - Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes • Helen Campbell

... school master Robert Barr shoemaker Alexr. Stevenson farmer Robert Orr smith Patrick Lindsay flax dresser ...

— Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) • John Howie

... subsequent years received her freedom from her master, and in New Orleans became Palmyre la Philosophe, as they say in the corrupt French of the old Creoles, or Palmyre Philosophe, noted for her taste and skill as a hair-dresser, for the efficiency of her spells and the sagacity of her divinations, but most of all for the chaste austerity with which she practised the less baleful ...

— The Grandissimes • George Washington Cable

... the vilest part of the business; do you know, when everything else was ready, I could not get my hair-dresser! I sent all over the town,—he was nowhere to be found; I thought I should have died with vexation; I assure you I cried so that if I had not gone in a mask, I should have been ashamed to be seen. And so, after all this monstrous fatigue, I was forced to have my hair dressed by ...

— Cecilia Volume 1 • Frances Burney

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