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coffer

[kaw-fer, kof-er] / ˈkɔ fər, ˈkɒf ər /


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These decks were luxury goods used to impress those accustomed to luxury, a taste of which we get through objects like a gilded coffer and a handsomely carved ivory box.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Yiu is the best-funded candidate in the race, with more than $1 million in her coffer — much of which came from her own pocket, according to California secretary of state records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024

Now, money spent on many big concerts lands in one central coffer, allowing the combined Live Nation/Ticketmaster to tighten its grip on the industry more and more.

From Slate ● Nov. 17, 2022

“It became apparent during lockdown when I was adding songs to my coffer of tunes, that I was writing about something,” she recalled in a late-February phone interview.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 7, 2022

The Queen opened the coffer in the darkness and stood near the moonlit patch from the window, holding a strip of something in her hands.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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