Meaning of chamberware | Babel Free

Definitions

Toiletries that are designed for use in a bedroom, such as bowls with ewers, shaving mugs, chamber pots, soap dishes, etc.

uncountable

Examples

“I am compelled, within five miles of Utica, to drive through patches of Canada thistles and burdocks, while piles of tin cans, broken chamberware, brush trimmed from neighboring orchards, and every imaginable sort of refuse fill up the street sides.”

“He could ill afford to lose a friend like Frederick, let alone as pretty a set of Sèvres chamberware as I’ve seen this seven year.”

“The “Presidents’ Bedroom,” where the presidents were put up when they came to visit, has an unusually complete set of chamberware, including slop bucket, chamber pot, shaving mug, basins, bowl, and soap dish.”

“The latter was properly furnished, with single bed, chamberware, chest, a swing glass, Windsor chair and ‘stuffed bird in case’ - although the heating stove was ‘outside door’.”

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