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Definition of Commodes
1. commode [n] - See also: commode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commodes
Literary usage of Commodes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Centuries of Costume in America, MDCXX-MDCCCXX by Alice Morse Earle (1903)
"CHAPTER XX commodes, MOBS, AND PINNERS " There is not so variable a thing in
nature as a ... commodes ..."
2. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"Transitional character of English dress in the eighteenth century—Female
attire—commodes—Preposterous size of head-dresses—The hoop— The train—Minor ..."
3. Voltaire Philosophe by Georges Pellissier (1908)
"Mais ne peut-il mettre de bonnes chaussures et des habits commodes? Et, d'autre
part, un riche bourgeois devrait-il paraître au spectacle vêtu comme un ..."
4. Satirical Songs and Poems on Costume: From the 13th to the 19th Century by Frederick William Fairholt (1849)
"THE VINDICATION OF TOP KNOTS AND commodes. THIS ballad, " to the tune of London
Top Knots," is reprinted from a small collection of songs consisting of four ..."
5. Therapeutics of the circulation by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1915)
"CARDIAC DISEASE Uses of Treatment—Rest—Rules regarding Rest for
Patients—Position—commodes—Massage—Results of the combined Use of Rest and
Massage—Graduated ..."
6. Earth-closets by George Edwin Waring (1869)
"... commodes. Fia; 10.—COMMODE, 8 FT. 3 IN. HIGH, 1 FT. 11 IN. WIDE, 2 FT. 2 IN.
DEBT. The following is taken from the Company's Circular: " In the Commode ..."
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