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out of the top drawer Definition


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drawer
noun
    1. A sliding lidless storage box fitted as part of a desk or other piece of furniture.
    2. Someone who draws.
    3. old use
      Knickers, especially when large and roomy.
      Form: drawers
Idiom: out of the top drawer
    colloq
    Of the very best quality or the highest standard.
Etymology: 16c in senses 1 and 3; 14c in sense 2: from draw.



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