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drawerknob en · NOUN

Etymology

From drawer + knob.

Meanings

1. A knob for opening a drawer.
   • Downed in bed, his feet extend drawerknobs over edge. 2003, Sandra L. Ballard, Patricia L. Hudson, Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, page 185:
   • Then Clayton climbed off of that quartersawn sideboard, using the drawerknobs for steps, and ambled across the front room to pitch himself into his chair. 2002, T. R. Pearson, Polar, page 65:
   • Ezra Cornell's glass drawerknobs proved to be a prototype as glass insulators became popular in America, while Europeans favored earthenware. 1992, Paul Israel, From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory, page 59:

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Translations (1)

fi laatikon nuppi (knob)