# Hadley chest

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A kind of traditional American chest with panels and drawers.

## Etymology
Named after the town of Hadley, Massachusetts, wherein banker Henry Wood Erving coined the term.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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