"write for the drawer" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: writes for the drawer [present, singular, third-person], writing for the drawer [participle, present], wrote for the drawer [past], written for the drawer [participle, past]
Etymology: Calque of Czech psát do šuplíku. Etymology templates: {{clq|en|cs|psát do šuplíku}} Calque of Czech psát do šuplíku Head templates: {{en-verb|write<,,wrote,written> for the drawer}} write for the drawer (third-person singular simple present writes for the drawer, present participle writing for the drawer, simple past wrote for the drawer, past participle written for the drawer)
  1. To write a work for posterity and/or friends that one cannot publish except as samizdat.
    Sense id: en-write_for_the_drawer-en-verb-Yx~GX8~s Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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