desk work
noun
work done at a desk.
habitual writing, as that of a clerk.
Origin of desk work
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby desk work
desk clerk,
desk copier,
desk jobber,
desk jockey,
desk pad,
desk work,
desk-bound,
desk-size,
deskbound,
deskfast,
deskill
Example sentences from the Web for desk work
Leader expressed himself satisfied to make an experiment at desk-work.
Romantic Spain |John Augustus O'Shea"Tired of towns and desk-work, and—and—" The Boy shifted about on his wooden stool, and held up his hands to the reviving blaze.
The Magnetic North |Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond)He was poor and cut off from his fellows by the haughty shyness of his temper, weary of desk-work, and haunted by home-sickness.
History of the English People, Volume VII (of 8) |John Richard Green