: a cabinet or cupboard for the storage or display of household china
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The Servidors are massive and must be kept in a storage unit, but many other items are in the china closet, to the chagrin of Mr. Lepore’s mother, Virginia.—Dan Barry, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023 My china closet is peopled with memories, but only for me.—Jessica Hornik, National Review, 31 Mar. 2022 Thomas Markle had been the classic bull in the china closet in the runup to the 2018 wedding.—Guy Martin, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021 There is a walk-in china closet that would make any tableware collector swoon: its felted floor-to-ceiling shelves store her vast porcelain collection.—Dana Thomas, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2019
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