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escritoire

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es·cri·toire  (skr-twär)
n.
1. A writing table; a desk.
2. A desk with a top section for books.
[Obsolete French, from Old French escriptoire, study, from Medieval Latin scrptrium; see scriptorium.]
escritoire [ess-kree-twahr]
Noun
a writing desk with compartments and drawers [Medieval Latin scriptorium writing room in a monastery]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.escritoireescritoire - a desk used for writing
secretaire, writing table, secretary
desk - a piece of furniture with a writing surface and usually drawers or other compartments
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They had been married but a few months when our visit to them commenced during which time they had been amply supported by a considerable sum of money which Augustus had gracefully purloined from his unworthy father's Escritoire, a few days before his union with Sophia.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
He took a bunch of keys from his pocket, singled out by the candle- light the key he wanted, and then, with a candle in his hand, went to a bureau or escritoire, unlocked it, touched the spring of a little secret drawer, and took from it an ordinary ring-case made for a single ring.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
If a home is happy it cannot fit too close--let the dresser collapse and become a billiard table; let the mantel turn to a rowing machine, the escritoire to a spare bedchamber, the washstand to an upright piano; let the four walls come together, if they will, so you and your Delia are between.
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