nest of drawers

American  

noun

1. a miniature chest of drawers made in the 18th century, often set on top of a desk or table.

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Etymology

Origin of nest of drawers

First recorded in 1695–1705

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Example Sentences

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nest of drawers

A chest, or nest, of drawers she declared that she did not remember.

From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang

A whole nest of drawers attracted her eye, deep drawers that would hold innumerable things.

From Nocturne by Frank Swinnerton

And in the stillness I remember setting down the brass candlestick on a tall nest of drawers beside me.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Replicas in bulk are to be found in the third nest of drawers in your dressing-room, sir.'

From The Man Upstairs and Other Stories by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

I had set it down without looking—for my eyes were fixed on the basin—and had balanced it on the edge of the nest of drawers.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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