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Webster 1913 Edition
drawer
draw′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, draws
; as: (a)
One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
Shak.
(b)
One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman;
as, a good
. drawer
(c)
(Law)
One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; – the correlative of
drawee
. 2.
That which is drawn
; as: (a)
A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
(b)
pl.
An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
Chest of drawers
. See under
Chest
.Webster 1828 Edition
Drawer
DRAWER
,Noun.
1.
One who draws or pulls; one who takes water from a well; one who draws liquors from a cask.2.
That which draws or attracts, or has the power of attraction.3.
He who draws a bill of exchange or an order for the payment of money.4.
A sliding box in a case or table, which is drawn at pleasure.5.
Drawers, in the plural, a close under garment worn on the lower limbs.Definition 2024
drawer
drawer
English
Drawers in a library card catalog.
Noun
drawer (plural drawers)
- An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
- Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
- 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com:
- Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
- 2014 January 25, Gordon Rayner, “Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team – just don't volunteer to change the light bulbs [online version: Wanted: an enthusiastic and proactive individual to run the Queen’s bath, 24 January 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph, page 9:
- Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath [title] ... [T]he successful applicant for the role of "housekeeping assistant" mus also be prepared for rather less conventional tasks; such as running the Queen's bath and cleaning her priceless antiques.
- 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com:
- An artist who primarily makes drawings.
- (banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
- A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xii
- When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Book VII, chapter xii
- Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
- 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
- A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
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Derived terms
Terms derived from drawer
Translations
open-topped box in a cabinet used for storing
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one who draws something
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artist who primarily makes drawings
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one who writes a bank draft, check/cheque or promissory note
a barman
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