Court-cupboard

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Court-cupboard \Court"-cup`board\ (-k?b`b?rd), n.
     A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other
     articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.]
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           A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard,


           look to the plate.                       --Shak.
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