(obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
I suspect there is a huge number of lists. What is lacking is willpower. Those with the most ability to act are politicians. They have their own skeletons in the cupboard to protect, and can see future opportunities…
A pain in the arse to clean and makes the annual outing then into the back of cupboard until your remember you’ve got one the following year….personal fave cheese and bean toastie.
(obsolete) Things displayed on a sideboard; dishware, particularly valuable plate.
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Most Breville toasters got used a few times & then got consiged to the back of a rarely opened cupboard…
(obsolete) A board or table used to openly hold and display silver plate and other dishware; a sideboard; a buffet.
Cupboꝛde of plate or to ſette plate upon buffet z ma.
“A pain in the arse to clean and makes the annual outing then into the back of cupboard until your remember you’ve got one the following year….personal fave cheese and bean toastie.”
“Most Breville toasters got used a few times & then got consiged to the back of a rarely opened cupboard…”
“Tokka and Rahzar not side by side? You probably don't have your salt and pepper shakers in the same cupboard either”
“Have somehow developed the habit of doing a fancy arm flourish over my head every time I straighten up from bending over so that I don't crack my skull open on a cupboard or something. Probably the one time I don't do this I WILL crack my skull open.”
“My boiler is in a tiny cupboard full of shelves. When engineers come to service it I tend to hover around, putting my hand between their head and the shelf corners. They think I'm nuts.”
A cabinet, closet, or other piece of furniture with shelves intended for storing cookware, dishware, or food; similar cabinets or closets used for storing other items.
“I suspect there is a huge number of lists. What is lacking is willpower. Those with the most ability to act are politicians. They have their own skeletons in the cupboard to protect, and can see future opportunities to exploit (and the precedent to justify them).”