Synonyms:
Dresden
Meaning: a city in southeastern Germany on the Elbe River; it was almost totally destroyed by British air raids in 1945
Usage examples
He had been standing by the chimney-piece, fireless and sparely adorned, a small perfect old French clock and two morsels of rosy Dresden constituting all its furniture; and her hand grasped the shelf while she kept him waiting, grasped it a little as for support and encouragement. She only kept him waiting, however; that is he only waited.