noun

• Household linen stored by a woman in preparation for her marriage.

  North American term hope chest

  ‘It is a great idea for anyone who, like me, is getting married but has been living in sin for years and so has a bottom drawer full of towels, bedding, frying pans and cut glass.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘All the girls there started their bottom drawers at the age of 13.’
  • ‘In one corner you have easy-going bloke, all the time in the world for settling down and having kids; in the other you have borderline insane female who has a bottom drawer bursting with Baby Gap.’