scrutore
English
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Noun
scrutore (plural scrutores)
- An escritoire.
- 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], chapter III, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: Printed for Benj[amin] Motte, […], OCLC 995220039, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag):
- 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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Translations
escritoire — see escritoire
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