DESK
ADJECTIVES
► READY TO WALK OFF said of a table or desk cluttered and loaded till it looks like a pack animal → c1950 Amer. dial.
NOUNS
► DEST a desk → 19C Eng. dial.
► SCOB ► SKOB a desk; an oaken chest; a dark cupboard or hole → 1790 Eng. dial.
► TOY a desk with an attached bookcase → 1947 UK sl.
NOUNS – PERSON
► CHAIR-POUNDER a desk worker; used derisively → 1919 US sl.
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