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hope chest

traditionally, a box or chest (furniture) that women use to store dower items, including linens and baby clothes; may include items that do not fit in one box
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hope chest
Poul Friis Nybo · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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hope chest

Summary

hope chest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,333 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hope chest is a type of chest[2].
  • hope chest's Commons category is recorded as Hope chests[3].
  • hope chest's different from is recorded as trousseau[4].
  • hope chest's different from is recorded as dowry[5].
  • hope chest's different from is recorded as bride price[6].
  • hope chest's different from is recorded as knottekistje[7].

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Definition and Type

hope chest is a type of chest[2].

Why It Matters

hope chest ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,333 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). hope chest. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hope-chest
MLA “hope chest.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/hope-chest.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hope-chest_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hope chest}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hope-chest}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → trousseau, dowry, bride price +1
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → chest
    Subclass of → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 23594, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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