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escritoire

[es-kri-twahr] / ˌɛs krɪˈtwɑr /
NOUN
desk
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To the overbearing interior décor dictator in your life—he barges into your home, rearranges your escritoire, and fiddles with your tablescapes—give Hitler at Home, a new coffee-table book by Despina Stratigakos.

From Slate Dec. 15, 2015

I write on an outsize table, not a neat escritoire — as if I might be cutting film or pasting up collages.

From New York Times Mar. 25, 2015

I write on an escritoire I found on Craigslist.

From New York Times Feb. 14, 2014

The script reveals a fascination with the Oxford dictionary definition of the word "escritoire", as you might expect from two ambitious autodidacts.

From The Guardian Jul. 6, 2012

He held this little packet between finger and thumb for a moment, regarding it, and then put down the escritoire and broke the seal....

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells




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