# drawer
## English
### Pronunciation

* (box)
** (UK) IPA: /dɹɔː(ɹ)/
** (US) IPA: /dɹɔɹ/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
** Homophone: draw (non-rhotic)
* (person)
** (UK) IPA: /ˈdɹɔː.ə(ɹ)/, (intrusive R) /ˈdɹɔːɹə(ɹ)/
** (US) IPA: /ˈdɹɔ.ɚ/, (intrusive R) /ˈdɹɔɹɚ/
** (cot–caught merger) IPA: /ˈdɹɑ.ɚ/
** Audio (US):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɔːə(ɹ)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

drawer (plural 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.
** 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.
* (graphical user interface) A side panel containing supplementary content.
* 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 / 50$^c$ 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.

##### Derived terms

* chest of drawers
* codrawer
* desk drawer
* Dirichlet's drawer principle
* drawered
* drawerful
* drawerknob
* drawerless
* drawerlike
* hewers of wood and drawers of water
* kitchen drawer
* knick-knack drawer
* not the sharpest knife in the drawer
* second-drawer
* tidy one's sock drawer
* top drawer

##### Descendants

* → Welsh: drôr

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

drawer (plural drawers)
* Agent noun of draw; one who draws.
** 2012 August 28, Manny Fernandez, “Federal Court Finds Texas Voting Maps Discriminatory”, in 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.
** 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, 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.
* An artist who primarily makes drawings.
* (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.
* A barman; a person who draws the beer from the taps.
** 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: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.
** 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:He came down to the Pied Horse Inn, where I was a drawer, at Newmarket, twice.
* 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.
* (mining, historical) A wagoner or person who pushes underground tubs.

##### Synonyms

* draughtsman (definition 2)

##### Derived terms

* wiredrawer

##### Translations

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### See also

* drawers

### References

* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.

### Anagrams

* Warder, redraw, reward, warder, warred