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drawer

Definition

  • noun: a box that slides into and out of a piece of furniture (such as a desk) and that is used to store things
  • noun: one that 'draws'
  • often used informally in the phrase 'drop your drawers'

Examples

  • At least the doctor didn't make me 'drop my drawers'. [=pull down my underpants]

  • a sock/cash 'drawer' [=a drawer for storing socks/cash]

  • the top/middle/bottom 'drawer' of the desk/dresser

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Those pajamas? Those pajamas... were stoIen. Somebody stoIe your pajamas? What is this city coming to... when a man's pajama drawer is no Ionger safe! Look at that guy. - Nobody's that fast at my bank. - I'II say. That's one heII of a rubber mask. Lab reports? (..)
    1994 The Mask