Cupboard \Cup"board\ (k[u^]b"b[~e]rd), n. [Cup + board.]
1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups,
dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.
Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to
the cupboard. ``A cupboard love is seldom true.'' --Poor
Robin. [Colloq.]
To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger.
[Colloq.]
``My stomach cries cupboard.'' --W. Irving.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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