Crossword-Solution: DRAB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Drab | n. | A low, sluttish woman. |
| Drab | n. | A lewd wench; a strumpet. |
| Drab | n. | A wooden box, used in salt works for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. |
| Drab | v. i. | To associate with strumpets; to wench. |
| Drab | n. | A kind of thick woolen cloth of a dun, or dull brownish yellow, or dull gray, color; -- called also drabcloth. |
| Drab | n. | A dull brownish yellow or dull gray color. |
| Drab | a. | Of a color between gray and brown. |
| Drab | n. | A drab color. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DRAB | anagram | BARD, BRAD, BRDA, DARB, DBAR |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with DRAB (5)
When a drummer had been knocking about in little drab towns and crawling across the wintry country in dirty smoking-cars, was he to be blamed if, when he chanced upon a fine human creature, he suddenly wished himself more of a man? While the little drummer was drinking to recover his nerve, Alexandra hurried to the drug store as the most likely place to find Carl Linstrum.
The book was opened—the leaves, drab with age, being quite worn away at much-read verses by the forefingers of unpractised readers in former days, where they were moved along under the line as an aid to the vision.
Nearer, I distinguished the green slime of ditches mixing with the pale drab of dried clay and shiny, coaly patches.
But already the door had been thrown open from outside, and the next moment an arm, covered in drab cloth and dripping with the heavy rain, was round pretty Sally’s waist, while a hearty voice echoed along the polished rafters of the coffee-room.
There was half an ounce of strong ship’s tobacco in it.” “Excellent! What more?” Stanley Hopkins drew from his pocket a drab-covered notebook.
Quotes with DRAB (3)
If rape or arson, poison or the knife Has wove no pleasing patterns in the stuff Of this drab canvas we accept as life -It is because we are not bold enough!
The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.
Don’t be afraid of what could happen or that you may end up in pain if you took a chance on love or life. If you don’t take the plunge you may lead a safe life but it will be drab one. Life is too short to let it just pass by. Grab those short but beautiful moments which may lead to lifetime memories. As Garth Brooks famously sang, “I could have missed the pain but I’d have had to miss the dance.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 473 times in crossword archives (1948–2025).