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drawer

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Drawers in a library card catalog.

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Etymology 1

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From draw (“to move by pulling”) +‎ -er; compare French tiroir. Attested from the 16th century.[1]

Noun

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drawer (plural drawers)

  1. An open-topped box that can be slid in and out of the cabinet that contains it, used for storing clothing or other articles.
    • 2008, Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds, Bloomsbury (2018), page 144:
      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.
  2. (graphical user interface) A side panel containing supplementary content.
  3. Attributive form of drawers.
    • 1918, The Corset and Underwear Review, volume 12, page 74:
      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.
    • 1922, The Underwear & Hosiery Review, volume 5, page 67, column 2:
      Customers in the underwear department at MacDougal-Southwick’s, on the other hand, have evinced quite an interest in the French drawer style, with binding in contrasting color and the separate vests also bound in the contrasting color.
    • 1930 April 26, directed by Amos Parrish, “What’s In Fashion: Underwear For Men”, in The Pittsburgh Press, volume XLVI, number 305, Pittsburgh, Pa., page ten, column 4:
      Today men of every age are turning to the athletic pull-over shirt and drawer type of underwear.
    • 1935 May 4, “Hand-Picked Bargains–from a Store full of them!”, in Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, N.Y., page 3, column 3:
      Men’s Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers / 50c ea. / For the man who wants the shirt-and-drawer type of underwear but, naturally, wants lightweight now.
    • 1988, Nell DuVall, Domestic Technology: A Chronology of Developments, Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall & Co., →ISBN, page 366:
      Leloir described les calecons, drawer-type undergarment worn by French ladies (wc).
    • 2023, Gian Singh Sandhu, Who Are the Sikhs?: An Exploration of the Beliefs, Practices, & Traditions of the Sikh People, Bloomington, Ind.: Archway Publishing, →ISBN:
      The Sikh code of conduct does not restrict how Sikhs dress, except that they must wear kashera (drawer-type, cotton tie-able underwear) and a turban.
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  • → Welsh: drôr
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Etymology 2

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Middle English drawer, from draw +‎ -er (agent noun suffix). Attested from the 14th century.[2]

Noun

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drawer (plural drawers)

  1. Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
    • 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, in NYTimes.com‎[1]:
      Lawyers for Mr. Abbott argued that the maps were drawn to help Republicans maintain power but not to discriminate, and that drawers did not know where district offices were located.
    • 2014 January 25, Gordon Rayner, “Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team – just don't volunteer to change the light bulbs [online version: Wanted: an enthusiastic and proactive individual to run the Queen’s bath, 24 January 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph‎[2], page 9:
      Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath [title] ... [T]he successful applicant for the role of "housekeeping assistant" mus also be prepared for rather less conventional tasks; such as running the Queen's bath and cleaning her priceless antiques.
  2. An artist who primarily makes drawings.
  3. (banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
    • 1913, United States Congressional Serial Set, volume 6526, page 276:
      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.
  4. A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
  5. Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.
    • 1927, F. E. Penny, chapter 4, in Pulling the Strings:
      A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared.
  6. (mining, historical) A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ drawer, n.2, James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Drawer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
  2. ^ drawer, n.1 James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Drawer”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

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