Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The space under a desk occupied by the knees of one seated at the desk.

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Examples

  • There was a knee-hole desk in the middle, and seated at it, with some papers and open volumes before him, was the benevolent old gentleman.

    The Thirty-Nine Steps 2005

  • A handsome knee-hole desk bore a jumble of papers, a gooseneck lamp, and an ancient typewriter; business of sorts was apparently conducted here.

    Working Murder Boylan, Eleanor 1989

  • 'He jumped up and went over to a knee-hole desk, pulled out one of the side drawers bodily, and brought it across to where I sat at one end of the sofa.

    Forfeit Francis, Dick 1968

  • 'He jumped up and went over to a knee-hole desk, pulled out one of the side drawers bodily, and brought it across to where I sat at one end of the sofa.

    Forfeit Francis, Dick 1968

  • It was a heavy flat-topped knee-hole desk with drawers at each side, and it was almost aggressively tidy.

    For Kicks Francis, Dick, 1920- 1965

  • I moved over to the big old-fashioned knee-hole desk where MacDonald's correspondence and photographic albums had been discovered.

    The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

  • And the box was in the bottom drawer — also locked — of a knee-hole desk.

    The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

  • I moved over to the big old-fashioned knee-hole desk where MacDonald's correspondence and photographic albums had been discovered.

    The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

  • I moved over to the big old-fashioned knee-hole desk where MacDonald's correspondence and photographic albums had been discovered.

    The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

  • And the box was in the bottom drawer -- also locked -- of a knee-hole desk.

    The Satan Bug MacLean, Alistair 1962

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