writing desk
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Nevertheless, some family possessions survive and are exhibited here: a lovely walnut writing desk used by Otto Frank, table linens with family initials, colorful crockery, a precious photo album.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2025
Shanthi's husband later built a writing desk out of wooden pallets so the children could do homework in the tent.
From BBC • Dec. 7, 2024
As an official gift, the Bidens gave their guests an antique writing desk.
From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2023
On recent afternoons, wearing jeans, slippers and a loose shirt, Roth came down from his writing desk and sat on the porch.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2023
Their great warm faces looked down upon me from the mantelpiece, they floated in a bowl upon the table by the sofa, they stood, lean and graceful, on the writing desk beside the golden candlesticks.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
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