Scott Fitzgerald probably likes the word "patent".
What did he mean here?
Scott Fitzgerald probably likes the word "patent".
-----Beginning of the citation-----
Now, in the reaction, he was running down
like an overwound clock. Recovering himself in
a minute he opened for us two hulking patent
cabinets which held his massed suits and
dressing-gowns and ties, and his shirts,
piled like bricks in stacks a dozen high.
----- The end of the citation -----
What did he mean here?
rather than trying to paraphrase, i'll post this link instead... it
is the first one that comes up for me when i searched for "patent cabinet"...
https://tinyurl.com/woldhc7
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