From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbottom drawerˌbottom ˈdrawer noun [countable] British EnglishDHH all the things, especially things that you use in a house, that a woman collects to use when she is married SYN hope chest American English
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bottom drawer• The other women hadn't pulled something out of a bottom drawer to come to the classes.• He opened a bottom drawer when Mackey walked in.• She had produced a cake from her bottomless bottom drawer, and two gallon jugs of tea with Styrofoam cups.• Black's hand found the bottom drawer, and the bottle.• The baby slept in the bottom drawer of the dresser: the kitten had a feather cushion.• I sat in my bedroom and slipped the scrapbook out of the bottom drawer.• The bottom drawer of her desk proved to be locked, with no sign of a key.• The bottom drawer was pulled out and empty. 