drawer

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for…

   An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

   • He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.
2. 2

   A side panel containing supplementary content.

3. 3

   Attributive form of drawers.

   • The step-ins are of two sorts; the knicker combination with open bloomer and chemise top; and circular drawer style, with chemise top and gussets at back and front that give extra width at the bottom.
   • Customers in the underwear department at MacDougal-Southwick’s, on the other hand, have evinced quite an interest in the French drawer style, with binding in contrasting color and the separate vests also bound in the contrasting color.
   • Today men of every age are turning to the athletic pull-over shirt and drawer type of underwear.
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   1. 4

      Agent noun of draw

      Agent noun of draw; one who draws.

      • 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.
   2. 5

      An artist who primarily makes drawings.

   3. 6

      One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.

      • There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.
   4. 7

      A barman

      A barman; a person 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.
      • He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.
   5. 8

      Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.

      • 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.
   6. 9

      A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

The neighborhood

• synonymdraughtsman
• neighbordrawers