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Commode   /kəmˈoʊd/   Listen
noun
Commode  n.  
1.
A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height. "Or under high commodes, with looks erect."
2.
A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion; as:
(a)
A chest of drawers or a bureau.
(b)
A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel.
(c)
A kind of close stool.
(d)
A movable sink or stand for a wash bowl, with closet.





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"Commode" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, monsieur, that The Yellow Room is a very small room. Mademoiselle had furnished it with a fairly large iron bedstead, a small table, a night-commode; a dressing-table, and two chairs. By the light of the big lamp we saw all at a glance. Mademoiselle, in her night-dress, was lying on the floor in the midst of the greatest disorder. Tables and chairs had been overthrown, showing that there had been a violent struggle. Mademoiselle ...
— The Mystery of the Yellow Room • Gaston Leroux


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