noun
drawers
drawz
noun
1
Underwear worn on the legs, especially loose-fitting undergarments.
"The old trunk was full of Victorian drawers and petticoats."
How to Use Drawers
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn old-fashioned word for underpants or leg-covering underwear.
When to use it
Dated; modern speakers usually say "underwear" or "pants." Don't confuse with "drawers" meaning the sliding storage boxes in furniture.
Easily confused with
drawer
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Etymology
From draw ("to pull"), describing a garment pulled on over the legs; in use since the late 1500s.