English Explanatory Dictionary

to-draw

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
  2. A newsmonger's house; a place or person resorted to by idlers; a hangout.

Word forms

to-draw to-draws te-draw teaa-draa

Etymology

Partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw toward, allure”), equivalent to to + draw, and partly from Middle English todrawen (“to draw away, distract, tear apart”), equivalent to to- + draw. More at todraw.

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