The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word DRESSER
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More clues leading to the result DRESSER
- Lady’s maid, / part of the furniture?
- One putting clothes on / sideboard
- Furniture you’ll find in different sorts of theatre
- One putting clothes on chest of drawers
- Evidently no nudist’s item of furniture
- One putting clothes on sideboard
- One puts clothes on sideboard
- Piece of furniture — one that’s helpful to actors
- Some cadre’s Serbian chap who sorts out wounds?
- One putting things on sideboard
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The straight part
We know that "One putting things on/sideboard" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case one putting things on/sideboard = dresser.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DRESSER mean?
DRESSER noun- An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
- A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.