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English Dictionary: drawer by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
drawer
n
  1. a boxlike container in a piece of furniture; made so as to slide in and out
  2. the person who writes a check or draft instructing the drawee to pay someone else
  3. an artist skilled at drawing
    Synonym(s): draftsman, drawer
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Drawer \Draw"er\, n.
      1. One who, or that which, draws; as:
            (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a
                  taproom. --Shak.
            (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a
                  good drawer.
            (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for
                  payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
  
      2. That which is drawn; as:
            (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened
                  by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in.
            (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs.
  
      {Chest of drawers}. See under {Chest}.
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