desk-work

Why do I still arrange my desk-work in neat piles?

Thy Will Be Done 2009

The five bartenders viewed with respect the duties which could call a man to do so much desk-work and penmanship.

Sister Carrie 2004

There were numerous bills to pay, and Harriet was doggedly ploughing through the desk-work with the study door ajar in case the joyful uproar in the hall turned to tears of outrage or injury.

Presumption of Death Sayers, Dorothy L. 2002

But I want some easy occupation for my declining years, with not too much confinement or desk-work, which I cannot stand.

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 1 James Marchant

But I want some easy occupation for my declining years, with not too much confinement or desk-work, which I cannot stand.

Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Marchant, James 1916

The five bartenders viewed with respect the duties which could call a man to do so much desk-work and penmanship.

Sister Carrie: a Novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

The five bartenders viewed with respect the duties which could call a man to do so much desk-work and penmanship.

Sister Carrie 1900

I looked at the hairless face, the narrow shoulders already bowed by desk-work, and wondered when, where, and how he had loved in his past lives.

Indian Tales Rudyard Kipling 1900

I looked at the hairless face, the narrow shoulders already bowed by desk-work, and wondered when, where, and how he had loved in his past lives.

The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories Rudyard Kipling 1900

The five bartenders viewed with respect the duties which could call a man to do so much desk-work and penmanship.

Sister Carrie 1900