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Definition of 'drawer'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
  • (non-gloss definition); 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.
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  • 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.
  • *
  • 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.
  • Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.(w)
  • *{{quote-book|year=1927|author= F. E. Penny
  • |chapter=4|title= Pulling the Strings |passage=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.}}

    Derived terms

    * chest of drawers (rel-mid3) * not the sharpest knife in the drawer (rel-mid3) * top drawer (rel-bottom)

    See also

    * drawers

    Anagrams

    * * * * English heteronyms

    Similar to 'drawer'

    drier, dryer, dearer, dourer, drear, darer, direr