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单词 cellaret
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cellaretn.

Brit. /ˈsɛl(ə)rᵻt/, U.S. /ˈsɛlərət/
Forms: 1700s– cellaret, 1900s– cellarette.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: cellar n.1, -et suffix1.
Etymology: < cellar n.1 (compare sense 3 at that entry) + -et suffix1.With the form cellarette compare -ette suffix.
A case of cabinet-work made to hold wine bottles, etc. Later also: a sideboard with compartments for the same purpose.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun] > other sideboards
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1786 J. Lucas Catal. Furnit. B. Price 12 A mahogany cellaret, on casters, with brass hoops and handles, fine wood.
1807 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life II. xx. 238 With venturous hands At the cellaret stands, Where she picks out so handy Rum, Hollands, and Brandy.
1843 W. M. Thackeray Ravenswing vii, in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 322/1 Under the sideboard stands a cellaret.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair II. i. 3 The little dining-room, with its mahogany table, and half-a-dozen chairs, and cellaret, and over the fireplace a portrait of Garibaldi.
1919 H. G. Wells Undying Fire ii. 20 Mrs. Croome ducked to the cellarette of a gaunt sideboard and rapped out a whisky bottle..upon the table.
1932 ‘B. Ross’ Trag. of Y i. iii. 106 ‘There's a well-stocked cabinet of liquor in this room,’ he explained calmly, pointing to a boule cellaret nearby.
1962 H. Calisher Seacoast of Bohemia in Tale for Mirror 71 He walked into the dining nook and poured himself a stiff drink from a cellarette in a corner.
2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 25 Sept. 92/2 He looked peacefully at his sideboard, his cut-glass decanters, his cellaret.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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