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chest

/t͡ʃɛst/ noun C2
  1. Debate; quarrel; strife; enmity.

Plural chests

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I have some smuggled coffee and most capital tobacco, in a small chest in the hold, which you shall have tomorrow.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 15 · C1
Then, going to a chest of drawers, he took out a pretty heart, made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 114 · B2
“Good!” said the gendarme, placing his knee on his chest; “this is the way you keep your word as a sailor!
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 75 · C1
Lying across his chest was a curious weapon, a shotgun with the barrel sawed off a foot in front of the triggers.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1

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