Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
cupboard .
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Examples
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The woman had squeezed herself into a corner, between a "cubbord" and the wall, but she came out and protested against the use of her bed cord.
The Jucklins A Novel Opie Percival Read 1895
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I herd a noyz in de cubbord adn fot I shud inbestigayt.
no, i iz not sleepy yet… - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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Ever notice how sometimes theres this one box of cereal in the cubbord thats just been there forever and no one is ever going to eat it?
super-suzan Diary Entry super-suzan 2006
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Granma got him up a meal and when hed et it he began prowling about the kitchen looking into everything and opening the cubbord doors.
The Golden Road 1908
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Soa Nanny went to th 'little corner cubbord, an after clatterin' th 'cups an plates abaat, shoo managed to find ten shillin', an shoo caanted
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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But they hadn't been gooan soa varry long when shoo coom in, an 'as shoo wor gettin' th 'pots aght o'th cubbord, shoo saw this dish' ful o 'steaks.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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After a gooid deal o 'botherin' an 'grummelin', an 'a varry deal o' wangin 'th' cubbord doors, an 'clatterin' th 'pots abaght, Zantippa managed to mak' a sup o 'coffee an' butter a bit o 'bread.
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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"All reight lass, aw'm nooan langin ', for aw gate that bit o' pie 'at wor i'th' cubbord."
Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley John Hartley 1877
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Thenne ayenst tyme of mete, the boteler or the ewer shall brynge forthe clenly dressed and fayre applyed [3] Tabill-clothis, and the cubbord-clothe, cowched uppon his lefte shulder, laying them uppon the tabill ende, close applied [4] unto the tyme that he have firste coverd the cubbord; and thenne cover the syde-tabillis, and laste the principall tabill with dobell clothe drau {n}, cowched, and spradde unto the degre, as longeth therto in festis.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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Pecys, [6] sponys sette into a pece, redressing all his silv {er} plate, upon the cubbord, the largest firste, the richest in the myddis, the lighteste before.
Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867
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