bottom drawer

A young woman's collection of household items to use in her home after marriage. Primarily heard in UK. Sarah collected linens and sheets for her bottom drawer in anticipation of her new life as a married woman.

bottom drawer

the collection of linen, clothes, and household items assembled by a woman in preparation for her marriage.

The bottom drawer was the traditional place for storing such articles. The US equivalent is hope chest .

See also: bottom, drawer

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

lully prigger
all over the place like a mad woman's custard
hope chest
white sale
home
silver foil
go above and beyond
above and beyond
above and beyond something
pillars to the temple

References in periodicals archive

He's now grown up so handsome, still in my eyes he's my little boy, and when I open up the bottom drawer, it fills my heart with joy.

POEM OF THE DAY; Things in the bottom drawer

People have barely had time to think about pulling their sweaters out of the bottom drawer and already there's talk of snow.

Autumn snowfall possible in valley

It also doesn't matter where you keep their names--in Quickbooks, in an Excel file, or in your bottom drawer. It's time to take them out, brush them off, and see if you can turn those lost accounts into current clients.

How to turn former clients into recurrent clients: it's never too late to reopen old connections

Here's hoping I'm right and we can finally cast our woolly jumpers to the bottom drawer for another year.

A word from the editor; Feature in Your People RING US ON: 01642 234255

The new refrigerator also stands out in the adjustable temperature of its bottom drawer between -18 AC and 5AC.

Haier Launches New Series of American-made Refrigerators

It's equipped with a bottom drawer to access two additional banks of lamps, UVC lamps for the detack exposure, and UVA lamps for post exposure.

Exposure unit

Having done this, do Japanese companies hide the business plan in the chief executive's bottom drawer, never to see the light of day again, like too many British companies I could mention?

Hoshin Kanri - we all work to the same business goal; MANUFACTURING

A work surface provides a place to prepare medications, and a large bottom drawer stores supplies, or the C5 MCA when it is not in use.

Corporate medication cart

I still have a small milk saucepan the first thing I bought for my bottom drawer and still in use 63 years on.

Air-raids shelter in grocer shop cellar; back in time

It also launched a French-door refrigerator with a bottom drawer that can function as a refrigerator or freezer compartment.

Haier looks to open drawers in high-end line

The bottom drawer is divided into two compartments, philosophies, which require total buy-in from the leader, and process tools from which the leader chooses only those that make sense for the organization.

Practical tools to leverage leadership skills and tap the organizations's capabilities

Abe perused the document handed to him and said, "Let's just slip this into the bottom drawer here and see what happens," meaning the bottom drawer of his own desk, which is where he placed it.

Let sleeping dogs lie

"Previously, the kit would have been thrown away or put in the kids' bottom drawer, but we had the idea of using it for children in Africa.

Football: Players score for needy kids; North City News SUTTON/ERDINGTON: African children sporting town strip

The bottom drawer, though, was jammed full: a final resting place for plastic bags from stores that had folded long ago.

Just like your father

I silently open the bottom drawer of my old bureau,

The Attic on Pleasant St

词组	bottom drawer
释义	bottom drawer bottom drawer A young woman's collection of household items to use in her home after marriage. Primarily heard in UK. Sarah collected linens and sheets for her bottom drawer in anticipation of her new life as a married woman. See also: bottom, drawer Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. bottom drawer the collection of linen, clothes, and household items assembled by a woman in preparation for her marriage. The bottom drawer was the traditional place for storing such articles. The US equivalent is hope chest . See also: bottom, drawer Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: lully prigger all over the place like a mad woman's custard hope chest white sale home silver foil go above and beyond above and beyond above and beyond something pillars to the temple References in periodicals archive He's now grown up so handsome, still in my eyes he's my little boy, and when I open up the bottom drawer, it fills my heart with joy. POEM OF THE DAY; Things in the bottom drawer People have barely had time to think about pulling their sweaters out of the bottom drawer and already there's talk of snow. Autumn snowfall possible in valley It also doesn't matter where you keep their names--in Quickbooks, in an Excel file, or in your bottom drawer. It's time to take them out, brush them off, and see if you can turn those lost accounts into current clients. How to turn former clients into recurrent clients: it's never too late to reopen old connections Here's hoping I'm right and we can finally cast our woolly jumpers to the bottom drawer for another year. A word from the editor; Feature in Your People RING US ON: 01642 234255 The new refrigerator also stands out in the adjustable temperature of its bottom drawer between -18 AC and 5AC. Haier Launches New Series of American-made Refrigerators It's equipped with a bottom drawer to access two additional banks of lamps, UVC lamps for the detack exposure, and UVA lamps for post exposure. Exposure unit Having done this, do Japanese companies hide the business plan in the chief executive's bottom drawer, never to see the light of day again, like too many British companies I could mention? Hoshin Kanri - we all work to the same business goal; MANUFACTURING A work surface provides a place to prepare medications, and a large bottom drawer stores supplies, or the C5 MCA when it is not in use. Corporate medication cart I still have a small milk saucepan the first thing I bought for my bottom drawer and still in use 63 years on. Air-raids shelter in grocer shop cellar; back in time It also launched a French-door refrigerator with a bottom drawer that can function as a refrigerator or freezer compartment. Haier looks to open drawers in high-end line The bottom drawer is divided into two compartments, philosophies, which require total buy-in from the leader, and process tools from which the leader chooses only those that make sense for the organization. Practical tools to leverage leadership skills and tap the organizations's capabilities Abe perused the document handed to him and said, "Let's just slip this into the bottom drawer here and see what happens," meaning the bottom drawer of his own desk, which is where he placed it. Let sleeping dogs lie "Previously, the kit would have been thrown away or put in the kids' bottom drawer, but we had the idea of using it for children in Africa. Football: Players score for needy kids; North City News SUTTON/ERDINGTON: African children sporting town strip The bottom drawer, though, was jammed full: a final resting place for plastic bags from stores that had folded long ago. Just like your father I silently open the bottom drawer of my old bureau, The Attic on Pleasant St
随便看	on the outside chance on the outside looking in on the outside, looking in on the outs (with one) on the outs with someone on the pad on the panel on the part of on the part of (someone) on the phone on the pig's back on the pill on the plus side on the point of on the point of doing on the point of (doing something) on the premises on the prod on (the) production of (something) on the prowl on the pull on the Q.T. on the QT on the quiet on the qui vive