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单词 orange chest
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orange chest
orange chest n. Obsolete a wooden chest used to store or carry oranges; = orange box n., orange crate n.Quot. 1789 refers to a covered gallery built for the marriage of George II's daughter Anne to the Prince of Orange in 1734.
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1789 H. Walpole Reminiscences (1924) ix. 76 The Duchess cried ‘I wonder when my neighbour George will take away his Orange-chest’—which it did resemble.]
1790 Proc. Old Bailey 26 May 563/1 I..went to Marlborough's house, and found four sacks, seemingly oats, and a large basket and an orange chest; Marlborough..moves goods and keeps a fruit-shop.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. ix. 237 There is a swarm of young savages..creeping off with fragments of orange chests, and mouldy litter.
1885 Standard 23 Jan. 2/2 On the floor are about three hundred wooden bunks, which look something like long rows of orange chests, placed close together, and each containing a waterproof bed.
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