secretaire

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secretaire

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From French secrétaire.

noun secretaires

A kind of writing desk (a secretary). The table was covered with a confusion of papers, books, pamphlets, all heaped upon one another pell-mell; and an open secretaire against the wall, was chokeful of the same litter; manuscripts, books in yellow-paper covers, books in smart bindings, books in shabby bindings, stuffed in anyhow, one on

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@misc{secretaire_2026,
  title = {secretaire},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/secretaire},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}