See Also: wire-drawer(dictionary)
Wire-to-Wire - Motor Sports(gambling)
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drawer(dictionary)
Drawer(money)
Drawer(finance)
drawer(dictionary)
bottom drawer(dictionary)
DRAWER, contracts(law)
sneck-drawer(dictionary)

thwaite (iou) and wire-drawer (iou)


thwaite (iou)



thwaite noun. dial. Now rare exc. in place-names. ME.
[Old Norse Tveit(i) piece of land, paddock (lit. 'cutting, cut-piece'), rel. to Old English Twitan to cut (off). Cf. THWITE.]
A piece of ground; esp. a piece of wild ground cleared from forest or reclaimed for arable.

wire-drawer (iou)



wire-drawer noun. ME.
[from WIRE noun + DRAWER.]
A person who draws metal into wire; a person who practises or is skilled in wire-drawing. ME.
fig. A person who spins out a matter to extreme length or tenuousness. M16-E19.