Hello Arlisians!A question for the collective wisdom:
A patron called our reference desk last week inquiring about the
etymology/origin of the phrase "bin pull" (as in drawer pull). I've
followed trails for bin (from OE/ME "binne") and pull (origin disputed,
appears to be a European mutt), and briefly a hunch that bin might be a
colloquialism for cabinet, and I've come up stumped.
As a born and bred midwesterner, I've never heard anything but "drawer
pull," and so I suspect there are regional subtleties I'm not grasping at
all. Could any of you provide some etymological assistance?
Thank you all for your time!
Jamie Lausch
University Library Associate/MSI '10
University of Michigan
Art, Architecture and Engineering Library
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