desk work

noun

1. work done at a desk.
2. habitual writing, as that of a clerk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of desk work¹

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

The five bartenders viewed with respect the duties which could call a man to do so much desk-work and penmanship.

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"Tired of towns and desk-work, and—and—" The Boy shifted about on his wooden stool, and held up his hands to the reviving blaze.

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Have we not hard brain work and drudgery of desk work and tedious gathering of statistics and troublesome search into details?

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Leader expressed himself satisfied to make an experiment at desk-work.

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But quite as many are pale and stooped from desk work, or pasty from good living.

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