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bottom drawer

[ drawr ]

noun

British.
  1. any drawer used for a hope chest.


bottom drawer

noun

  1. a young woman's collection of clothes, linen, cutlery, etc, in anticipation of marriage US and Canadian equivalenthope chest
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of bottom drawer1

First recorded in 1885–90
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Mr Brettell said the ancient citrus fruit was discovered in the bottom drawer of a 19th century chest salvaged during a house clearance.

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The bottom drawer is for protein, which is good to put on the bottom because if anything drips it’s not going to cross-contaminate anything.

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The left of the bottom drawer is all cheese and dairy.

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I thought, “Yeah, you’ve got a script in the bottom drawer somewhere. Come on, you’re just not telling me what you want to do with the guy.”

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The heart-stories behind the mailboxes are discreetly pasted, painted, hammered and welded into their forms like love letters secreted into the false bottom drawer of a writing desk.

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