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junk drawers

junk drawers is the plural of junk drawer.

Meaning of junk drawer

Noun

junk drawer (plural junk drawers)

  1. (US) A drawer designated for the storage of various miscellaneous, small, useful items of little value.
    • With a ⁵/₈-inch sandpaper disk cutter, if you happen to have one in the junk drawer, or with a brass or steel tube of the same size sharpened to an edge at one end, four wheels suitable for the engine mandrel may be cut from each eraser.1912, William D. Tracy, “Notes on Practice”, in The Journal of the Allied Societies, volume 7, page 376

Questions about junk drawers

What is junk drawers the plural of?
Junk drawers is the plural of junk drawer.

Words near junk drawers in the dictionary

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  2. junk DNAs
  3. junk dollar
  4. junk dollars
  5. junk drawer
  6. junk drawers
  7. junk drink
  8. junk drinks
  9. junk email
  10. junk emails
  11. junk fee

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