Meaning of writing-desk | Babel Free

Definitions

Dated form of writing desk.

alt-of, dated

Examples

“AS ſoon as he was alone, the huſband broke open her writing-deſk; […]”

“Beneath this poplar Mademoiselle Sophia now reposes, and the remembrancer which she left me, the book in red morocco and gilt-edge, “Heinrich von Ofterdingen” by Novalis, now lies before me on my writing-desk, and serves me in the compilation of this notice.”

“It was eight o’clock to-morrow evening when I buckled up my travelling writing-desk in its leather case, paid my Bill, and got on my warm coats and wrappers.”

“The bombé writing-desk had brass inlay and a marble top, a Bartlett print of Lord Byron’s Childe Harold hung above the pristine twin beds.”

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