Chifforobe
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A chifforobe is a closet-like piece of furniture that combines a long space for hanging clothes (that is, a wardrobe or armoire) with a chest of drawers. Typically the wardrobe section runs down one side of the piece, while the drawers occupy the other side.
Chifforobes were first advertised in the 1908 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue, which described them as "a modern invention, having been in use only a short time." The term itself is a portmanteau of the words chiffonier and wardrobe. It is currently in use in the United States, primarily in the southern portion of the country, and in Cuba, pronounced in Spanish as "chief-o-robay"
Alternative spellings, in order of usage frequency,[citation needed] include: chiffarobe, chifforobe, chifferobe, chiffrobe, chifrobe, and shifferobe.