drawerknob

drawerknob

English

Etymology

drawer +‎ knob

Noun

drawerknob (plural drawerknobs)

1. A knob for opening a drawer.
   • 2003, Sandra L. Ballard, Patricia L. Hudson, Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, page 185:

     Downed in bed, his feet extend drawerknobs over edge.

   • 2002, T. R. Pearson, Polar, page 65:

     Then Clayton climbed off of that quartersawn sideboard, using the drawerknobs for steps, and ambled across the front room to pitch himself into his chair.

   • 1992, Paul Israel, From Machine Shop to Industrial Laboratory, page 59:

     Ezra Cornell's glass drawerknobs proved to be a prototype as glass insulators became popular in America, while Europeans favored earthenware.

Translations

knob

Finnish: laatikon nuppi