writing table
Britishnoun
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Commemorating the 250th anniversary of her birth, the statue will feature the literary giant standing by her writing table.
From BBC • Aug. 9, 2024
Under A.C.’s guidance, that modest storefront expanded to include an upstairs reading room housing deluxe editions, a fireplace, a writing table and comfortable chairs in which customers were encouraged to linger, study or converse.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2022
Early in the exhibition you’ll encounter several nearly matching hand-scroll portrait-icons of her opulently dressed, bending over her writing table — a lacquered wood example is also on view.
From New York Times • May 23, 2019
Students come to the writing table with different skills; second-grade teacher Jennifer Grevera at Hanover Area’s Lee Park said she’s seen some correlation with family size and a child’s place in the sibling age range.
From Washington Times • Jan. 28, 2017
X sat looking at the door for a long while, then turned his chair around toward the writing table and picked up his portable typewriter from the floor.
From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger
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