Although there is no standard size for a chest of drawers, the most common size is 38 inches wide. A chest of drawers this size is small enough to fit in most bedrooms, but large enough to have ample storage space. The drawers are also small enough that they won't buckle or sag over time.
A duplex is defined as a house or building with two separate units. An example of a duplex is a house with two living units with a common wall. 1  double; twofold.  designating or of a system of telegraphy in which two messages may be sent simultaneously in opposite directions over a single circuit.
Word story. By and large, the most common sense of duplicity today is âdeceitfulness.â The roots of this meaning can be found in the initial âdupl-,â from the Latin duplex, meaning twofold, or double. One can easily see how acting in double, or in two ways at different times, can be a way of deceiving or lying.