Definition of Drawer

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Drawer

One who, or that which, draws

One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.

One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.

One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.

That which is drawn

A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.

An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.

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Drawer Quotations

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting.
James M. Barrie

I've had this song in a drawer for a long time, maybe seven or eight years. Every time I'd do an album, I'd take it out and listen to it, and always liked what it had to say. Plus when Garth came in and sang on it, that made it really special.
Chris LeDoux

I have a lot of cooking tools. In fact I have a whole drawer full of knives. Cooking tools, especially cutlery, are my toys.
Martin Yan

Better that you should take the chance of trying something that is close to your heart, you think is what you want to write, and if they do not publish it, put it in your drawer. But maybe another day will come and you will find a place to put that.
Gay Talese

I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.
Lynda Barry

My desk drawer is filled with all kinds of prayers.
Geraldine Ferraro

Lou Reed is something like a personal favorite of mine, but you could always put me into that drawer of singers who can't really sing, who speak their songs.
Stephen Malkmus

You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer.
Christo

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I do know how to count.
Mickey Gilley

I never really thought we'd fitted into the cross-over drawer. But I think the real Sugar Ray fans did like us because we always had variety and because we experimented a lot.
Mark McGrath

Drawer Translations

drawer in Afrikaans is laai
drawer in Danish is skuffe
drawer in Dutch is lade, schuiflade, la
drawer in French is souscripteur, tiroir
drawer in German is Schubfach, Zeichner, Schublade
drawer in Italian is espositore, cassetto
drawer in Norwegian is skuff
drawer in Portuguese is gaveta

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