Dresser
['dresə] or ['drɛsɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a cabinet with shelves.
(noun.) a wardrobe assistant for an actor.
(noun.) a person who dresses in a particular way; 'she's an elegant dresser'; 'he's a meticulous dresser'.
Typist: Wilhelmina--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.
(n.) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
(n.) An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.
(v. t.) A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
(v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.
Typist: Michael
Examples
- Not a word was spoken when we first went in; and the Dutch clock by the dresser seemed, in the silence, to tick twice as loud as usual. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- My kitchen is on this floor,' he said; 'you'll find brown paper in a dresser-drawer there, and a bottle of vinegar on a shelf. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It was a big room with a bed beside the wall, a piano over on the far side and a dresser and table. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He stood leaning against the Dutch dresser, laughing and keeping her at arm's length. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He was a light-dresser was this man;--you see? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- In the price of linen we must add to this price the wages of the flax-dresser, of the spinner, of the weaver, of the bleacher, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Let me taste, said she to Graham, as he was putting the cup on the shelf of the dresser out of her reach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Yet Pasteur felt he could learn much of value from the simplest shepherd or vine-dresser. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- When they were all lying ready on the dresser, an idea occurred to her as she was about to gather them up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Now, I'm not a cloth-dresser myself, but by trade a tailor. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The employer of the flax dressers would, in selling his flax, require an additional five per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- If, in the linen manufacture, for example, the wages of the different working people, the flax-dressers, the spinners, the weavers, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He was one of the deputation of cloth-dressers who came to me this morning to complain and threaten. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- As if your living cloth-dressers were all machines like your frames and shears. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Editor: Yvonne