Noun kept the jewels in a locked coffer let me see what's in the household coffers and I'll get back to you about making a donation
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
There was no coffer inside it, and no treasure either. Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022 That means the community as a whole doesn't see the money flow into the tax coffer until after the debt is retired. Jim Riccioli, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2022 Unlike Disney or WarnerMedia, which have decades’ worth of material, or Netflix—which has been aggressive in its production of original content, to say the least—Amazon Prime Video doesn’t have a massive coffer of exclusives. Angela Watercutter, Wired, 18 Mar. 2022 Ainge was a master at keeping the Celtics’ coffer of draft picks jam-packed.BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2021 An anonymous donor kicked in another $50,000, and a growing group of Orange County businesspeople — including Bill Skeffington of Watson’s Soda Fountain and Cafe in Orange — have added to the coffer.Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2021 Spending on police claimed about 10% of the general fund coffer during the past few years. Megan Cassidy, SFChronicle.com, 13 June 2020 For 2018-2019, the U.S. voluntarily added some $656 million to the WHO’s coffers, nearly twice as much as any other country. Elijah Wolfson, Time, 4 June 2020 Fewer fill-ups means fewer gas tax dollars flowing to state and federal coffers. Tom Benning, Dallas News, 27 May 2020
Verb
Past a grey façade of stucco and concrete, the traditional-style home opens to 4,314 square feet of formal living spaces with dark hardwood floors, coffered ceilings and wainscoting. Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2019 Must-see rooms include the family room, with its coffered ceiling, hardwood floors, and fireplace-- one of five in the house.cleveland, 3 Apr. 2020 Among the luxury features: golf course lots, coffered ceilings and a waterfall spa. Ebony Day, azcentral, 3 Feb. 2020 The 5,643-square-foot house has five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and comes with a front courtyard, coffered ceilings and wide-plank white oak flooring. Ebony Day, azcentral, 20 Jan. 2020 The home has about 6,800 square feet of living space, coffered ceilings, four bedrooms and seven bathrooms. Neal J. Leitereg, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2019 The ceilings are bolstered by beams of palm and eucalyptus, or geometrically coffered with wood strips in a traditional south Moroccan technique called tataoui or in one room gaily painted in the colorful Berber style. Joshua Levine, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018 Features include Carrara marble floors, a gourmet kitchen, a formal dining room and coffered ceilings. Robyn A. Friedman, sun-sentinel.com, 24 Oct. 2019 Past a grey façade of stucco and concrete, the traditional-style home opens to 4,314 square feet of formal living spaces with dark hardwood floors, coffered ceilings and wainscoting. Jack Flemming, Daily Pilot, 11 Oct. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English cofre, coffre, borrowed from Anglo-French, altered (with n to r) from Latin cophinus "large basket, hamper" (sense "chest" attested in early Medieval Latin), borrowed from Greek kóphinos "large basket" — more at coffin entry 1
Verb
Middle English cofren, derivative of cofrecoffer entry 1