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To: dangus

Well ...

I disagree. A bureau is both an office, and a desk with drawers in said office ... typically a government office.

However ...

I could go along with spelling it “burro-crat” ...


66 posted on 07/17/2014 11:42:36 AM PDT by NorthMountain
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To: NorthMountain

That’s just it... people rarely mean a desk when they say a bureau. Typically, they mean a set-of-drawers for clothes. If you mean a desk, by all means, lump it in with the office.


67 posted on 07/17/2014 12:10:09 PM PDT by dangus
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