bottom drawer

bottom drawer

A young woman's collection of household items to use in her home after marriage. Primarily heard in UK. Sarah collected linens and sheets for her bottom drawer in anticipation of her new life as a married woman. My mother and aunts helped me to assemble a bottom drawer of things for married life. Back in my day, a soon-to-be-married young lady had a bottom drawer of things she'd gathered to take to her new home with her husband.

See also: bottom, drawer

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bottom drawer

the collection of linen, clothes, and household items assembled by a woman in preparation for her marriage.

The bottom drawer was the traditional place for storing such articles. The US equivalent is hope chest .

See also: bottom, drawer

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