partners' desk

American

noun

a desk constructed so that two people may work at it face-to-face, as one having a kneehole and drawers on two fronts.

Etymology

Origin of partners' desk

Probably earlier than 1945–50

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partners' desk

My cousin Jason and Lisa and I sit at the partners’ desk our fathers used to share; which was ruined in a flood and my cousins had refinished at absurd expense.

From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012

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