- bottom drawer
- (someone's) bottom drawer
the things a young woman collects to use in her home after she is married.
I've given her some silver cutlery for her bottom drawer.
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bottom drawer
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bottom drawer — n BrE all the things, especially things that you use in a house, that a woman collects to use when she is married American Equivalent: hope chest … Dictionary of contemporary English
bottom drawer — ► NOUN Brit. dated ▪ household linen and other items stored by a woman in preparation for her marriage … English terms dictionary
bottom drawer — noun chiefly Britain : a drawer (as in a dresser) used as a hope chest * * * /drawr/, Brit. any drawer used for a hope chest. [1885 90] * * * bottom drawer noun 1. The drawer or any supposed place in which a young woman keeps articles for use… … Useful english dictionary
bottom drawer — /drawr/, Brit. any drawer used for a hope chest. [1885 90] * * * … Universalium
bottom drawer — (British) hope chest; trousseau … English contemporary dictionary
bottom drawer — noun Brit. dated linen and other items stored by a woman in preparation for her marriage … English new terms dictionary
bottom drawer — noun (C) BrE all the things, especially things that you use in a house, that a woman collects to use when she is married; hope chest AmE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bottom drawer — UK / US noun [singular] British old fashioned things for the house that a woman collects before she gets married … English dictionary
bottom drawer — /bɒtəm ˈdrɔ/ (say botuhm draw) noun → glory box …
bottom drawer — Place where girl keeps gifts, trousseau, etc., when preparing for marriage … A concise dictionary of English slang
