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

Example Sentences

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nest of drawers

But the gilded edges, reflecting the light a second time, flung it on a nest of drawers in a dark corner, and I saw that one of them was half open.

From Lilith, a romance by George MacDonald

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

From Historical Mysteries by Andrew Lang

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

He would have none but the best; and the best lay stored delicately on cotton-wool, ticketed with the tiniest handwriting, in a nest of drawers I could have unlocked with a hairpin.

From Corporal Sam and Other Stories by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch