hope chest


hope chest

noun

Definition of HOPE CHEST

: a young woman's accumulation of clothes and domestic furnishings (as silver and linen) kept in anticipation of her marriage; also : a chest for such an accumulation

First Known Use of HOPE CHEST

1911

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