Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large refrigerator, or a small room for cold storage.
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Examples
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The dinner was uncommonly good, as the first dinner out is apt to be; and it went gayly on from soup to fruit, which was of the American abundance and variety, and as yet not of the veteran freshness imparted by the ice-closet.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Complete William Dean Howells 1878
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The dinner was uncommonly good, as the first dinner out is apt to be; and it went gayly on from soup to fruit, which was of the American abundance and variety, and as yet not of the veteran freshness imparted by the ice-closet.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 1 William Dean Howells 1878
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The dinner was uncommonly good, as the first dinner out is apt to be; and it went gayly on from soup to fruit, which was of the American abundance and variety, and as yet not of the veteran freshness imparted by the ice-closet.
Complete March Family Trilogy William Dean Howells 1878
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Here, also, the refrigerator can be placed, or, what is better, an ice-closet can be made, as designated in the illustration.
American Woman's Home Harriet Beecher Stowe 1853
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