Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A form of folding desk attached to a wall at a convenient height above the floor.
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Examples
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Even that afternoon as Joe stood at the high wall-desk near the door, under a golden bulb of light, figuring on contracts with Marty Briggs, he felt his singular happiness of belonging.
The Nine-Tenths James Oppenheim 1907
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He mailed the check for the stored car to her, with a note -- written standing before a hacked wall-desk in a branch post-office -- which said only, "Here's check for the boat.
Free Air Sinclair Lewis 1918
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