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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

“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

When Sara “Future Opponent” Gideon won the Democratic primary in July 2020, the coffer was up to $4.1 million, most of which went to Gideon’s campaign.

From Washington Post Nov. 1, 2020

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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