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cupboardwise

adv

Etymology

From cupboard + -wise.

  1. inherited from cuppeborde
  2. suffixed as cupboardwise — “cupboard + wise”

Definitions

  1. In the manner of a cupboard.

    • Boxes, assembled within a larger box cupboardwise and placed on a bedside table, can be used for storage in the same way that pockets are used.
    • By the early nineteenth century there were even kitchen dolls whose skirts opened cupboardwise to reveal suitably papered rooms with shelves...
    • They were small upright receptacles intended for hanging against the wall, having a single door opening cupboardwise...

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA