"Commode"

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 6:09 PM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
> "a chest of drawers"

I'm only vaguely familiar with "commode" in this meaning. So, I can
really sympathize with the poor guy who had a hard time wrapping his
mind around the concept of "antique" - in the sense of "having value"
- commode.

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-Wilson
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