escritoire
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of escritoire
1605–15; < French, Middle French < Latin scrīptōrium. See scribe 1, -tory 2
Vocabulary lists containing escritoire
Example Sentences
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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
Sitting before me in a London hotel room, the 48-year-old looks so comfortable that you would think he had been installed here by the interior designers along with the coffee table and the escritoire.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2010
If you look in the left-hand drawer of my dressing-table, you will find the key of the escritoire, properly labelled.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Arthur Machen
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