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• scrutoire

Noun

scrutore ‎(plural scrutores)

1. An escritoire.
   • 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part II, Chapter III

     But this princess, who has an infinite deal of wit and humour, set me gently on my feet upon the scrutoire […]

   • 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, p. 578:

     When our heroe had finished and sent this letter, he went to his scrutore, took out Miss Western's muff, kissed it several times, and then strutted some turns about his room [...]

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