floordrobe
English
WOTD – 27 April 2012
Etymology
Blend of
floor
+
wardrobe
.
Pronunciation
(
Received Pronunciation
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈflɔːdɹəʊb/
(
US
)
IPA
(key)
:
/ˈflɔɹdɹoʊb/
Audio
(
US
)
:
(file)
Noun
floordrobe
(
plural
floordrobes
)
(
humorous
)
Clothing
strewn
on the
floor
.
2002
,
Gideon Haigh
,
The Vincibles: A Suburban Cricket Season
, Victory Books, published
2009
,
→ISBN
,
page
127
:
Pity about the suit being covered in cat fur when I retrieved it from the
floordrobe
, but it was dark anyway.