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drawers

[drawr for 1, 2; draw-er for 3–6] Origin

draw·er

[drawr for 1, 2; draw-er for 3–6]
noun
1.
a sliding, lidless, horizontal compartment, as in a piece of furniture, that may be drawn out in order to gain access to it.
2.
drawers, (used with a plural verb) an undergarment, with legs, that covers the lower part of the body.
3.
a person or thing that draws.
4.
Finance. a person who draws an order, draft, or bill of exchange.
5.
Metalworking. a person who operates a drawbench.
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6.
a tapster.
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Origin:
1300–50, 1580–90 for def. 1, 1560–70 for def. 2; Middle English; see draw, -er1

pre·draw·er, noun
re·draw·er, noun
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Drawers is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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drawers (drɔːz)
 
pl n
Also called: underdrawers a legged undergarment for either sex, worn below the waist

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drawer
1570s, a box that can be "drawn" out of a cabinet; see draw.
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drawers
1560s, garments that are pulled (or "drawn") on; see draw.
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