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Definition of Hope chest
1. Noun. Chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage.
Definition of Hope chest
1. Noun. A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future marriages or married lives. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hope Chest
Literary usage of Hope chest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... Winifred, 1874- Educated angleworm. St N J2:739 Je '15 Mr Barker and the twins.
Woman's l1 C 42:32 S; 64 O; 70 N: 66 D '15 (to be cont) hope chest. ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1922)
"<x>, $3.50 and $5.00 net "The hope chest" embodies in a Gift Book of good taste
and beauty, advice pleasantly and attractively given that no bride should be ..."
3. Amanda; a Daughter of the Mennonites by Anna Balmer Myers (1921)
"After the fashion of olden times the mother had begun the filling of a hope chest
for her girl. Just as she instilled into the youthful mind the homely ..."
4. Philadelphia Medical Times (1882)
"... a one's future career, sudden pulmonary hemorrhage has ushered in the disease
with an array of symptoms which soon put an end to all hope. Chest-pains. ..."
5. The English Journal by National Council of Teachers of English (1919)
"5°5 Then came the excitement of getting her "hope chest" ready. She engaged a
weaver of some repute— —(Silas Marner) who made all linens. ..."
6. The American Country Girl by Martha Foote Crow (1915)
"Yes; every one has her dream of a " hope chest"; and as she wanders about her
home community she is looking here and there to see what hillside or what ..."
7. Truly Rural by Richardson Little Wright (1922)
"I consider it an honor to contribute to their hope chest." I went away for a week
and when I returned it was gone. "I see you've got that moved all right," ..."
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