Drawer
[drɔː] or [drɔr]
Definition
(noun.) a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out.
(noun.) the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else.
Checker: Rupert--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who, or that which, draws
(n.) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
(n.) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.
(n.) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
(n.) That which is drawn
(n.) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
(n.) An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
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Examples
- How could my hair have been locked in the drawer? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- She opened a drawer or two, looked over some business papers, and put them back again. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He took a neat little leather case out of a drawer, and opening it he exhibited a number of shining instruments. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Such being done, place your ventilator first, egg drawer next, and tank last. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- He took a notebook from the drawer of his desk. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Left alone in the study, I opened the safe and withdrew the contents of the drawer in which he had told me I would find my instructions. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He opened a drawer and took out a bit of metal. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Moore put them by in the inner drawer of his desk. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I keep my muslins in that drawer. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He began by taking a clean white cloth from a drawer and laying it over the table. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I myself saw Miss Rachel put the Diamond into that drawer last night. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Diamond is missing out of the drawer in the cabinet. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- This done, the only proof left against you was the proof locked up in my drawer. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- There was a drawer in it, with a lock, and the key was in the lock. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There stood the bougie quenched on the drawers; but where was the letter? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Besides, most of the boxes and drawers there were mouldering, and did not lock. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Pinner says she's always about your trinket-box and drawers, and everybody's drawers, and she's sure she's put your white ribbing into her box. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- She had not rummaged her drawers for a month past, and the impulse to perform that operation was now become resistless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Miss Ophelia commenced opening a set of drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- See, continued the Vicar, opening several small drawers, I fancy I have made an exhaustive study of the entomology of this district. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She went and leaned on the chest of drawers over which the picture hung, and gazed and gazed at it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Missis has spilt lots dat ar way, said Dinah, coming uneasily to the drawers. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this complete form, these address plates were filed in steel filing drawers like ordinary paper cards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This bureau consists of a double column of drawers, with a central small cupboard between them. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But nothing sensational was discovered among the documents which filled his drawers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Lizy's drawers is all open, and her things all lying every which way; and I believe she's just done clared out! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I now commanded my own bed and my own toilet, with a locked work-box upon it, and locked drawers underneath. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- A brown chest of drawers stood in one corner, a narrow white-counterpaned bed in another, and a dressing-table on the left-hand side of the window. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- But I cast my eyes over things in the desks and drawers--there was nothing--nothing but deep subjects, you know--besides the will. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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