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Meaning of Draws | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dɹɔːz

Definitions

Clipping of drawers.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang

Equivalents

العربية التعادل

Examples

“He’d said, “Boss, that lady packed that man right up. She put his suits and shirts in wardrobe boxes, and then”—the man started laughing—“and then she went and stuffed all of old boy’s funky draws down in that box with all of his good clothes.” “Mookie, how did you know his draws were in the wardrobe boxes?” Mookie just looked at Charles like he was crazy, and then said, “Dawg, dawg. You know what your draws smell like when you take ’em off and drop ’em in the hamper, right?””
“When them girls crowded around him, he looked like he was about to shit his draws!”
““I finally asked him to choose, and he told me on her front porch in holey draws and a dingy wifebeater, he was in love with the other woman.””
“In the south, it's "draws" which is just a southern way of saying "drawers".”
“There are so many names for underwear: underwear, draws, drawls, chonies, bloomers, knickers, knickerbottoms...”
“Not just a place to put your clothes or things. In Mainer slang, drawers or draws are long underwear.”
“Draws slang for drawers or underwear.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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