Have you heard someone say, "a chester drawers?"?

No. What does it mean?

A chest of drawers.

My family (roots in the rural South) used the term. We also called a “wash rag” a “warsh rag.”

I left as soon as I could ;-)

My mother-in-law sounds like she’s saying that when she says “chest of drawers,” though I’m not sure which she’s actually saying. I’ve found that my husband was saying certain things incorrectly just because that’s how they sound to him and no one ever corrected it. I just above busted a gut when he called a potluck a “pop lock.” Ha! Silly little Southern boy.

@picante My grandma says “warsh” – but I don’t think anyone would actually spell it that way. It’s different than what @Aster is talking about. This person actually typed out “chester drawers.” There’s pronouncing something in a different way because of an accent and then there’s saying a totally different thing than what you mean.

My SO of a few years back used to mispronounce certain terms and cliches. It turned out he had a mild hearing impairment, and that’s what he believed people were sayng

Chester Drawers, that’s my butlers name, jolly fine worker that chap.

LOL! That’s what I thought they were called when I was a kid (both my folks were fast talkers, especially my dad). Later, I started calling them dressers.

Only when refering to Chester’s underwear.

which I never do

I have never heard someone say Chester drawers, but I assume like you they meant chest of drawers. They might want to switch to saying and writing dresser. I also didn’t hear anyone say jute box until I lived in MI. Then again, a jelly corrected me when I used jive instead of jibe.

I have heard it said like that but I think it was meant as “a chest of drawers.” I’m-a thinkin’ some ol’ western cowpoke type took a liken’ to sayin’ it real fast like sos it came out as “chester drors.”

Okay, here’s my story:

I started collecting antiques at the age of 13. A sweet by rather simple girl named Glenda in my high school class knew this. One day, she came up to me and this was the conversation.

G: I have the neatest chest a drawers I’ve ever seen, and I’ve never seen another like it. My grandmother gave it to me.
IBS: Really? What’s it look like?
G: Well, it has drawers down below and 2 doors at the top.
IBS: Well, that does sound neat.
G: Yeah! And the best part? You open the doors and there are all the little chesters!

YES, I kept a straight face and closed mouth. Not so much as a rolled eye.

I bet I’ve told that true story 100+ times.

Oh, and she couldn’t say spaghetti. “Spa-sa-getti.”

Water? “Werter.”

Lawnmower? “Lawndermower.”

As you can tell, she left quite an impression on me.

I love it!

They obviously mean a chest OF drawers but have got the name wrong.

I used to think that’s what it was called when I was a little kid…but if an adult thought that, that’s embarrassing :P

It’s kind of like duck tape. Some people actually think that it really is called duck tape (not duct tape). Misunderstandings come from people who hear the word or phrase but haven’t seen it written down. The person who wrote the add probably really thinks they are called chester drawers.

duck tape is actually a valid alternate spelling of duck tape. In fact, duck tape preceded duct tape