Cup"board (k?b"b?rd), n. [Cup + board.]
1.
A board or shelf for cups and dishes.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
2.
A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet.
Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." W. Irving.
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Cup"board, v. t.
To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard.
[R.]
Shak.
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