Green’s Dictionary of Slang

chefeneer n.

[Fr. chiffonier, ‘a piece of furniture with drawers in which women put away their needlework, cuttings of cloth, etc’ (Littré, Dictionnaire (1863–72)]

(Irish) a small cupboard-cum-sideboard, often used to hold one’s best plates, etc.

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