scrutoire
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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It stood on the scrutoire by the side of Mr. Kelly's big Bible, where Wogan had left it eighteen months before.
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Wogan looked at the scrutoire on which the strong-box he had given to his friend at Paris was used to rest.
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For as Wogan stood just within the door, he saw by the window Mr. Kelly's scrutoire.
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That box he saw further back in the scrutoire, half hidden in news-sheets.
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Wogan consoled himself with that reflection as he thought of Mr. Kelly's despatch box in the scrutoire of his parlour below the Colonel's rooms.
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