writing desk

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noun

a piece of furniture with a surface for writing, with drawers and pigeonholes for writing materials.

a portable case that when opened forms a surface on which to write.

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Origin of writing desk

First recorded in 1605–15

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Examples from the Web for writing desk

It's on the writing-desk in that darling sitting-room you've given Mubs and me.
Winnie Childs|C. N. Williamson
The first night at Cottingdean Lord Saltire had his writing-desk unpacked, and took therefrom a rusty key.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley
There in that writing-desk are all the letters of my family.
The Social Cancer|Jos Rizal
And he sat down at his writing-desk, to escape the faint glimmer of light which fell through the window.
The Patriot|Antonio Fogazzaro

"No; I have kept the drawings," he said, with a laugh, and rose to get them from a drawer in the writing-desk behind him.
Lords of the Housetops|Various

British Dictionary definitions for writing desk

writing desk

noun

a piece of furniture with a writing surface and drawers and compartments for papers, writing materials, etc

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