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drawer

[ drawr draw-er ]

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noun

a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn draw out in order to gain access to it.
drawers, (used with a plural verb) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
a person or thing that draws.
Finance. a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
Metalworking. a person who operates a drawbench.
a tapster.

drawer

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noun

a person or thing that draws, esp a draughtsman
a person who draws a cheque See draw
a person who draws up a commercial paper
archaic.
a person who draws beer, etc, in a bar
��ɔː a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out

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Other Word Forms

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Word History and Origins

Origin of drawer¹

1300–50, 1580–90 drawer fordef 1, 1560–70 drawer fordef 2; Middle English; draw, -er ¹

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Idioms and Phrases

see top drawer .

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Her long-term partner, Prudence Fenton, explains in the film that she was allotted “this much” drawer space and two coat hangers when she moved in.

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At his Lancaster home, they found another $10,500 in his sock drawer, the report says.

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Customers procure a barcode from an app, then at the postbox they scan the barcode and drop the parcel into a drawer - this is all powered by solar panels on the box.

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All the while, he’s surmising what he might gain by rifling through his associates’ drawers and desks.

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From back to front, each shelf, side shelf and drawer was filled with beer.

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drawee drawerful

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