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drawer
/ ˈɔːə /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·İ noun
- ·İ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of drawer1
Idioms and Phrases
see top drawer .Example Sentences
Practically overnight, I had to adjust to how my new glasses slid down my nose and the way the elastics tethered to my braces snapped like rubber bands in a junk drawer.
Wilband also told Wheeler to burn drugs bags that were in her bedside drawer so they could not be found by police.
Moments later, a frantic housekeeper rifles through the kitchen drawers, then returns to raise a heavy marble rolling pin over the disheveled and bloodied figure, who is by all appearances pleading for her life.
A forensic examination found blood on the carpet, wall and chest of drawers in Majerkiewicz's bedroom and evidence of a clean-up.
As for Fabian, he does not strike me as the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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