secretaire

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Tucked between a George II mahogany breakfront secretaire bookcase and a series of manuscript and watercolor maps showing the waterways of Venice, Clausen found a type of antiquated nautical map known as a portolan chart.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The independent judicial officer heard evidence and submissions from Fillol, who pleaded guilty, from the Stade Francais Paris secretaire general, Cedric Boudarel, and from the club's legal counsel.

From The Guardian • Apr. 11, 2013

It whetted her suspicious curiosity to find the secretaire always carefully locked, ever since her discovery of Miss Bodkin's note there.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume III (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

And with a vague gesture he indicated the papers which lay in a disordered heap on his secretaire.

From Petticoat Rule by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

In the moment of peril, with rare presence of mind, she rushed to her secretaire, where her jewels were.

From The Slaves of the Padishah by J?kai, M?r