red-rawer

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.
6.
a tapster.

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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drawer (ˈdrɔːə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person or thing that draws, esp a draughtsman
2.  See draw a person who draws a cheque
3.  a person who draws up a commercial paper
4.  archaic a person who draws beer, etc, in a bar
5.  a boxlike container in a chest, table, etc, made for sliding in and out

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drawer
1570s, a box that can be "drawn" out of a cabinet; see draw.
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