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Party instructing the drawee to pay someone else, by writing, or drawing a check or draft. The drawer is also known as the maker or writer.

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A person who orders a bank to withdraw money from an account to pay a designated person a specific sum according to the term of a bill, a check, or a draft. An individual who writes and signs a commercial paper, thereby becoming obligated under its terms.

IN BRIEF: A sliding box that is part of a piece of furniture.

A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don't find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. — Sir James Matthew Barrie (1860-1937), Scottish playwright, author of Peter Pan from Peter Pan, To the Five -- A Dedication, 1902.

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as in: dresser drawer
sign description: Both A hands make a pulling motion inward towards the body.

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Drawers may convey a sense of being hidden or of putting something away. They also represent one's inner state, so a disorderly drawer may indicate internal chaos, and an orderly drawer, psychological order.

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For a list of words related to drawers, see:

• Lingerie and Support Garments - drawers: woman’s knee-length undershorts
• Men’s Underwear - drawers: underpants, esp. boxer style

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skuffe, trassent

Nederlands (Dutch)
lade, tekenaar, degene waarop een wissel is getrokken, tapper

Français (French)
n. - tiroir

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schublade, Aussteller, Trassant, Zeichner

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συρτάρι, (πληθ.) βρακιά, σώβρακα, (οικον.) εκδότης (επιταγής κ.λπ.)

Italiano (Italian)
cassetto

idioms:

• chest of drawers    cassettone
• the top drawer    la prima scelta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gaveta (f), puxador (m), sacador (m), desenhista (m)

idioms:

• chest of drawers    cômoda (f)
• the top drawer    de primeira classe

Русский (Russian)
выдвижной ящик

idioms:

• chest of drawers    комод
• the top drawer    высший свет

Español (Spanish)
n. - cajón, gaveta

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - byrålåda, dragare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
抽屉, 拖曳者, 拉丝工, 内裤, 制图者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 抽屜, 拖曳者, 拉絲工, 內褲, 製圖者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 제도가, 어음 발행인

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 引き出し, ズボン下, ズロース, 引く人, 製図士, 振り出し人, 引出し

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) درج, جارور, الشخص الي يكتب شيكا, الرسام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מגירה, צייר, שרטט, מושך, מושך צ'ק מהבנק‬

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