Desk

  • 101Desk Murderer —    The term “desk murderer” originated with Hannah Arendt who, in her articles for the New Yorker magazine on the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem in 1961 referred to him as this type of perpetrator of the Holocaust. The organizers of the… …

    Historical dictionary of the Holocaust

  • 102desk wallah — /ˈdɛsk wɒlə/ (say desk woluh) noun Obsolete Colloquial (derogatory) someone who works at a desk, especially a government official or bureaucrat …

  • 103desk pad — noun : a pad for use on the writing surface of a desk * * * a cushioned pad, often topped with a blotter, for the surface of a desk …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 104desk work — noun : work usually performed at a desk * * * 1. work done at a desk. 2. habitual writing, as that of a clerk. [1860 65] …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 105desk jockey — noun Date: 1980 a person whose job involves working at a desk …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 106Desk calculator — dc (ein Akronym für desk calculator) ist ein Rechenprogramm für Unix respektive Unix Derivate. Es nutzt das Prinzip der umgekehrten polnischen Notation und ist eines der ältesten Unix Tools sogar älter als die Programmiersprache C. In der Praxis… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 107desk copier — a photocopier compact enough to fit on a desk, table, or similar surface. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 108desk pad — a cushioned pad, often topped with a blotter, for the surface of a desk. * * * …

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  • 109desk work — 1. work done at a desk. 2. habitual writing, as that of a clerk. [1860 65] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 110Desk wallah — (derogatory) one who works at a desk, especially a government official or bureaucrat …

    Dictionary of Australian slang