to-draw

Meaning

Noun

• A resort; refuge; a place of shelter; that which stands one in stead.
• A newsmonger's house; a place or person resorted to by idlers; a hangout.

Origin

• Partly from Middle English todrawen ("to draw toward, allure"), equivalent to to + draw, and partly from Middle English todrawen ("to draw away, distract, tear apart"), equivalent to to- + draw. More at todraw.