slant-top
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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There’s a lot of him here, from two rarely exhibited photographic portraits, to his slant-top desk, to nails from his Walden cabin.
From New York Times
When amidst such adventuring a kid gets lost, he is sent to the Johnson's Creek School, where he has to sit at a slant-top desk until his parents reclaim him.
From Time Magazine Archive
But once in his office, seated at his 18th Century slant-top desk, Whitney Griswold proved he knows how to govern.
From Time Magazine Archive
An old mahogany slant-top escritoire, in the corner by the window, caught his eye.
From Project Gutenberg
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