▸ noun: A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. ▸ noun: The color of this fabric. ▸ noun: Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric. ▸ noun: (by extension) A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable. ▸ adjective: Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun. ▸ adjective: (by extension) Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting. ▸ noun: (dated) A dirty or untidy woman; a slattern. ▸ noun: (dated) A promiscuous woman, a slut; a prostitute. ▸ verb: (intransitive, obsolete) To consort with prostitutes; to whore. ▸ noun: A small amount, especially of money. ▸ noun: A box used in a saltworks for holding the salt when taken out of the boiling pans. ▸ noun: (chiefly transgender slang) An instance of a transgender or non-binary person presenting as the gender corresponding to their sex assigned at birth instead of that corresponding to their internal gender identity (for instance, a trans woman dressed as a man).
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