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cas·so·ne

(kə-sō′nā, -nē)

n. pl. cas·son·ni (-nē)

A large, long, usually ornate chest, popular in Renaissance Italy and used especially to hold a bride's dowry goods or other possessions.

[Italian, from Old Italian, augmentative of cassa, box, case, from Latin capsa.]

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cassone

(kɑːˈsəʊneɪ)

(Furniture) a highly-decorated, Italian dowry chest

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