junk drawer

Frequency: 5.52.5 per million words

a drawer where small, miscellaneous, and often useless items are kept

drawerADJECTIVE + drawer

Categories:

junk

Examples (10)

  • Every household seems to have a junk drawer full of odds and ends.
  • I can't find the scissors; have you checked the junk drawer in the kitchen?
  • I really need to clean out that messy junk drawer this weekend.
  • Old batteries, rubber bands, and mysterious keys filled the junk drawer.
  • Just toss it in the junk drawer for now; we'll deal with it later.
  • He rummaged through the junk drawer, hoping to find a piece of string.
  • The junk drawer is where we keep all the things that don't have a proper home.
  • What's the weirdest thing you've ever found in your junk drawer?
  • I'm tired of this clutter; the first thing I'm tackling is the junk drawer.
  • A person's life story could probably be told by the contents of their junk drawer.