drawer

CEFRA2

/dɹɔː(ɹ)/

noun

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Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

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A side panel containing supplementary content.
Attributive form of drawers.
An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.

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The drawer won't open.
He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.
The step-ins are of two sorts; the knicker combination with open bloomer and chemise top; and circular drawer style, with chemise top and gussets at back and front that give extra width at the bottom.

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He knelt down and began shoving the drawer into the slot; the rail was misaligned so he banged it with the heel of his hand. It stuck.
2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 144
The step-ins are of two sorts; the knicker combination with open bloomer and chemise top; and circular drawer style, with chemise top and gussets at back and front that give extra width at the bottom.
1918, The Corset and Underwear Review, volume 12, page 74
There is no doubt that the stipulation of nonguarantee of an acceptance inserted in a bill of exchange by the drawer has the effect of excluding the liability of guarantee for the indorsers as well as for the drawer.
1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276
When the good lieutenant applied himself to the door, he applied himself likewise to the bell; and the drawer immediately attending, he dispatched him for a file of musqueteers and a surgeon.
1749, Henry Fielding, chapter XII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII
He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.
1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard

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From draw (“to move by pulling”) + -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.