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drawer

dra·wer

UK/dɹɔː(ɹ)/ US/dɹɔɹ/ common

noun

1.

a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out

2.

the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else

3.

Origin

From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir.

Phrases

  • chest of drawers
  • desk drawer
  • Dirichlet's drawer principle
  • hewers of wood and drawers of water
  • kitchen drawer
  • knick-knack drawer
  • not the sharpest knife in the drawer
  • tidy one's sock drawer

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