noun
General Slang
press
· noun · irish
A cupboard. Where the cups, tins or clothes live.
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Definitions
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A kitchen cupboard. The thing British people call a cupboard, Americans call a cabinet, the Irish call a press. Universal in Ireland — saying 'cupboard' marks you as a blow-in.
“The biscuits are in the press over the kettle.”
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By extension, the hot press — the airing cupboard with the immersion tank where towels, sheets and damp socks go to dry. A national institution.
“Stick those jeans in the hot press, they'll be grand by morning.”
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press In A Sentence
The biscuits are in the press over the kettle.
Stick those jeans in the hot press, they'll be grand by morning.
Origin & Usage
Older English word for a large cupboard or wardrobe (think 'clothes press'). Died out across most of Britain but stayed alive and well in Hiberno-English as the default word for any cupboard.
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