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Treasure chest
Answer for the clue "Treasure chest ", 6 letters:
coffer
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Word definitions for coffer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Coffer \Cof"fer\, v. t. To put into a coffer. --Bacon. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. --Raymond. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn: caisson , lacuna ] a chest especially for storing valuables
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-13c., from Old French cofre "a chest" (12c., Modern French coffre ), from Latin cophinus "basket" (see coffin ).
Usage examples of coffer.
In some cases, it might be cheaper to offer them a cushy, corporate-style retirement than to keep them hanging around, so they can continue pilfering from government coffers.
Then, as expected, he said he hoped we would satisfy the Dogana that the proper share of all our successful enterprises had been duly paid into the coffers of the Republic.
You vill collect the coffers of gold, but you vill give them to Count Emich of Leiningen instead of to Peter the Hermit!
He went into the hall, and from the mothless marble coffer rived his thickest coat.
Indian opium revenues went straight into the royal coffers and the pockets of the nobility and the oligarchists and plutocrats, and made them billionaires.
Zascai low voices, silhouettes at street corners, or a pickable lock on a field hospital coffer full of medical-grade phials.
The Southern California Rightist Coalition was not the kind of outfit that would let a moderate like Fowler anywhere near their campaign events, or their coffers.
It was the coffer which Ayrton had saved at the risk of his life, at the very instant that the island had been engulfed, and which he now faithfully handed to the engineer.
Himself, who had effected the transfer, had pronounced the roof upkeep and the heating bills too much for even the Kinloch coffers, and had negotiated a retreat to a smaller snugger home in what had once been the kitchen wing with living quarters for a retinue of dozens.
Had Rush gone to Tottie after finally realizing there was no hope of easing even a few dollars out of the Strawcutter coffers?
Ebben Owens was already up to receive them, the big oak coffers in the grain room were swept out, the dry meal poured into them, and Twm the carter, with white cotton stockings kept for the occasion drawn over his feet and legs, stood in the coffers treading the meal into as hard a mass as possible.
There would be no support from its coffers for her unsanctioned husband, but the marriage was acknowledged and tolerated, having been executed with due process before a rural priest of Elua.
Crown wishes to leave the wardenship vacant just now so Charles can add yet a few more tithings to his coffers.
Since then, their sisterline had reaped the dual benefit of yada labor and extra coin for the family coffers.
Yet future generations will be fortified by the abundance of zeel Fen Dane brings to our coffers.