dresser

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The child, who was not charged with any wrongdoing, told police he obtained the firearm by mounting a drawer to reach his mother's handbag on top of a dresser, where the handgun was kept.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

That’s why some of us eavesdrop, sneak into closets and rummage through dresser drawers in secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

This ITV drama from the production company behind The Crown re-examines the events surrounding the killing by Jane Andrews, former dresser to the then Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, of her partner Thomas Cressman.

From BBC • Dec. 28, 2025

She walked over to her dresser, the top of which held a few small glass sculptures of dolphins with iridescent eyes that she had been collecting off and on for more than a decade.

From Slate • Nov. 15, 2025

The old clock stared at me from the dresser like a worm-eaten stump, all useless and dead.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye