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escritoire::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | secretaire, secretary, writing table |
| Type of | desk |
Examples of escritoire
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As I tried to photograph a particularly fine escritoire, I felt a sharp jab in my ribs.
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The guests are greeted by name by a concierge at a Queen Anne escritoire.
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Baccarat, roulette, piquet, even whist,-Ivan won at them all, till one drawer in his escritoire was stuffed full of lightly won notes.
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I just worry about how the admissions tutors will treat my nephews and niece if the secret gets out that their parents own anything as ineffably middle-class as a marquetry escritoire.
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The movie resembles a neoclassical escritoire with endless drawers and compartments that are eventually opened to reveal their secrets, but rarely consecutively or chronologically.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Secretary: a desk used for writing
- An escritoire or secretary desk comes in various styles. One version is a small, portable writing desk with a sloping front door, hinged at the bottom edge, that can be opened downwards to provide a writing surface. It is usually larger than a lap desk. ...
- A cabinet with a hinged front, which provides a writing surface, and a fitted interior.
- A word borrowed from the French to denote a piece of furniture at which one can write. Sometimes found in early accounts in the form 'scrutoire'. Synonym of secretaire.
