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drawerknob

noun

Etymology

From drawer + knob.

  1. derived from knappr — “small projection, knob (button, head of a stick, etc.)”
  2. inherited from cnæp
  3. derived from *knappô✻
  4. derived from knobbe — “knob, knot in wood, bud”
  5. inherited from knobbe
  6. compounded as drawerknob — “drawer + knob”

Definitions

  1. A knob for opening a drawer.

    • Downed in bed, his feet extend drawerknobs over edge.
    • Then Clayton climbed off of that quartersawn sideboard, using the drawerknobs for steps, and ambled across the front room to pitch himself into his chair.
    • Ezra Cornell's glass drawerknobs proved to be a prototype as glass insulators became popular in America, while Europeans favored earthenware.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA