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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

  • (..) She's gone, Dad. Let me see your legs. Take them off. Scum! Honey, did you take money from the drawer? No. OK, go to the kitchen. I told you to go to the kitchen. You saw that nothing happened. Go on... Close the door. (..)
    2011 A Separation