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Meanings of escritoire in English
Usage of escritoire in English
1
Phadrig shut down the top of the big escritoire and locked it.
2
The escritoire contained two millions of francs, and the money has disappeared.
3
And the emperor drew from his escritoire a paper which he unfolded.
4
The secretary leaned against an escritoire with huge hinges of beaten metal.
5
I unlocked my escritoire, and gave him all I had by me.
6
The empress took a paper from her escritoire, and unfolding it, read aloud:
7
Ernest and myself were seated side by side by the escritoire.
8
He started up and walked over to the small oak escritoire.
9
He poured himself a glass of cognac and went over to her escritoire.
10
But she stepped back with outstretched arms as if to protect the escritoire.
11
Finally he moved toward his escritoire and took up a pen.
12
On the table stood a travelling-escritoire, open, with pens and inkstand.
13
She was sitting before her escritoire, writing, and looked up, surprised and annoyed.
14
You will find your exchequer in the escritoire-drawer in the cabinet across the hall.
15
In silence, and without attempt at violence, they followed Albeury across to the escritoire.
16
A pile of neatly written manuscripts were on the escritoire.
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Escritoire across language varieties
United Kingdom
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