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junkdrawer

junkdrawer is the alternative spelling 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

Forms of junkdrawer

pluraljunkdrawers

Questions about junkdrawer

What is junkdrawer the alternative spelling of?
Junkdrawer is the alternative spelling of junk drawer.

Words near junkdrawer in the dictionary

  1. junkboards
  2. junkbox
  3. junkboxes
  4. junkdealer
  5. junkdealers
  6. junkdrawer
  7. junkdrawers
  8. junked
  9. junker
  10. junkerdom
  11. junkerish

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