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Worktable  n.  A table for holding working materials and implements; esp., a small table with drawers and other conveniences for needlework, etc.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Worktable" Quotes from Famous Books



... we found Ethel cloaked and shawled, and prepared for her departure with her young ones, who were already asleep. The little festival was over, and had ended in melancholy—even in weeping. Our hostess sate in her accustomed seat by her lamp and her worktable; but, neglecting her needle, she was having perpetual recourse to her pocket-handkerchief, and uttering ejaculations of pity between the intervals of her gushes of tears. Madame de Florac was in her usual place, her head cast downwards, and her hands folded. ...
— The Newcomes • William Makepeace Thackeray

... steps directly opposite our balcony. Everybody who arrived on the Greek passenger boats from Naples or the Piraeus, or who had shore leave from a * man-of-war, transport, or hospital ship, was raked by our cameras. There were four windows—one for each of us and his worktable. It was not easy to work. What was the use? The pictures and stories outside the windows fascinated us, but when we sketched them or wrote about them, they only proved us inadequate. All day long the pinnaces, cutters, ...
— The Deserter • Richard Harding Davis



Words linked to "Worktable" :   drafting table, work table, workbench, bench, drawing table



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