Drawer

Pronunciation

• box
• UK IPA: /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /dɹɔɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• person
• UK IPA: /ˈdɹɔː.É™(ɹ)/
• US IPA: /ˈdɹɔ.Éš/, /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/
• cot-caught IPA: /ˈdɹɑ.Éš/
• Rhymes: -ɔːə(r)

Full definition of drawer

Noun

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.
2. agent noun; one who draws.
• 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, NYTimes.com: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.
• 25 January 2014, Gordon Rayner, Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath: Buckingham Palace is seeking a housekeeping assistant for H team â€“ 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], Wanted: discreet drawer of royal bath title ... The 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.
3. An artist who primarily makes drawings.
4. (banking) One who writes a bank draft, check/cheque, or promissory note.
5. A barman; a man who draws the beer from the taps.
• Fielding Tom Jones|VII|xiiWhen 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.
6. Someone who taps palm sap for making toddy.

• 1927, F. E. Penny, Pulling the Strings Chapter 4, 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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• redraw
• reward
• warder
• warred