"cupboardwise" meaning in English

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Adverb

Etymology: cupboard + -wise Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|cupboard|wise}} cupboard + -wise Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} cupboardwise (not comparable)
  1. (rare) In the manner of a cupboard. Tags: not-comparable, rare
    Sense id: en-cupboardwise-en-adv-9b2Olw2P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -wise

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          "ref": "1957, Catherine Weldon, Young folks in homes: leisure-time activities in child-caring institution",
          "text": "Boxes, assembled within a larger box cupboardwise and placed on a bedside table, can be used for storage in the same way that pockets are used.",
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          "ref": "1959, Therle Hughes, Small decorative antiques",
          "text": "By the early nineteenth century there were even kitchen dolls whose skirts opened cupboardwise to reveal suitably papered rooms with shelves...",
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        {
          "ref": "2008, Fred Roe, Old Oak Furniture",
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