secretaire
Example Sentences
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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2023
The independent judicial officer heard evidence and submissions from Fillol, who pleaded guilty, from the Stade Francais Paris secretaire general, Cedric Boudarel, and from the club's legal counsel.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2013
The papers which Lady Louisa had so laboriously collected were in the drawer of the secretaire, near the fire.
From Notwithstanding by Mary Cholmondeley
She had closed and locked the secretaire and she handed the man the key.
From The Green Rust by Edgar Wallace
But, Gibbs, it will not, I think, be any part of your duty to mention to any one at present the losses I have spoken of from my secretaire.
From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Frances Eleanor Trollope
