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Sideboard a/k/a Buffet
Breakfront a/k/a China Cabinet a/k/a Hutch
Sofa a/k/a Couch a/a Chesterfield
Etagere a/k/a Room Divider a/k/a wall unit

The fancier the name the higher the price

Originally, these words meant different things: e/g/ A Breakfront has drawers and/or cabinets below and glass fronted doors to shelves above. The lines of the front are broken…the center section may protrude several inches further from the wall from the side sections. A china cabinet will be all the same depth and usually only one (or one set) of doors. A hutch will be open shelving on top. But today they are used interchangeably.

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