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Meanings of escritoire in English

Portuguese
secretária
Catalan
escriptori
Spanish
escritorio

A desk used for writing.

        secretária
        Usage of escritoire in English
        1
        Phadrig shut down the top of the big escritoire and locked it.
        The Mummy and Miss Nitocris: A Phantasy of the Fourth Dimension
        2
        The escritoire contained two millions of francs, and the money has disappeared.
        Baron Trigault's Vengeance
        3
        And the emperor drew from his escritoire a paper which he unfolded.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        4
        The secretary leaned against an escritoire with huge hinges of beaten metal.
        A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
        5
        I unlocked my escritoire, and gave him all I had by me.
        The Woman in Black
        6
        The empress took a paper from her escritoire, and unfolding it, read aloud:
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        7
        Ernest and myself were seated side by side by the escritoire.
        Ernest Linwood; or, The Inner Life of the Author
        8
        He started up and walked over to the small oak escritoire.
        War and the Weird
        9
        He poured himself a glass of cognac and went over to her escritoire.
        Depths
        10
        But she stepped back with outstretched arms as if to protect the escritoire.
        The Count's Millions
        11
        Finally he moved toward his escritoire and took up a pen.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        12
        On the table stood a travelling-escritoire, open, with pens and inkstand.
        Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
        13
        She was sitting before her escritoire, writing, and looked up, surprised and annoyed.
        Graustark
        14
        You will find your exchequer in the escritoire-drawer in the cabinet across the hall.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
        15
        In silence, and without attempt at violence, they followed Albeury across to the escritoire.
        The Four Faces: A Mystery
        16
        A pile of neatly written manuscripts were on the escritoire.
        Doctor Luttrell's First Patient
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        Translations for escritoire
        Catalan
        escriptori
        Spanish
        escritorio
        Escritoire through the time
        Escritoire across language varieties
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