The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DRESSERS
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What does DRESSERS mean?
DRESSERS noun- An item of kitchen furniture, like a cabinet with shelves, for storing crockery or utensils.
- An item of bedroom furniture, like a low chest of drawers, often with a mirror.
- One who dresses in a particular way.
- A wardrobe assistant (who helps actors put on their costume).
- A servant to royalty etc. who helps them with tasks such as dressing.
- A surgeon's assistant who helps to dress wounds etc.
- A football hooligan who wears designer clothing; a casual.
- A mechanical device used in grain mills for bolting.
- A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.
- A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
- One who dresses or prepares stone.