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drawer (iou) and atomic bomb (oh)


drawer (iou)



drawer noun. ME.
[from DRAW verb + -ER1, in branch II after Old & mod. French tiroir, from tirer draw.]
I.
A person who or thing which draws. ME.
b. A tapster. arch. M16.
c. A person who makes a drawing; a draughtsman. L16.
d. A person who draws a bill of exchange. L17.
e. A legal draftsman. L18.
An instrument, tool, etc., for drawing out or extracting. Long rare. M16.
II.
In pl. Knickers, underpants, briefs. Formerly also, any garment worn next to the body below the waist; stockings. M16.
DROOPY drawers.
III.
A box-shaped receptacle made to slide horizontally in and out of a frame or a table for access. L16.
bottom drawer: see BOTTOM adjective. top drawer: see TOP adjective.
In pl. = chest of drawers s.v. CHEST noun. L17.

atomic bomb (oh)



also 'atom .bomb n [C]
a nuclear bomb that splits atoms to cause an extremely large explosion