English

Adverb

al desko

1. At a desk (typically used of eating).
   • 1981, Stephanie Mansfield, "The Last Memo", The Washington Post, 30 January 1981:

     Lunches usually consist of cold sandwiches consumed al desko.

   • 1994, "Workers Are Increasingly In To Lunch", Philadelphia Daily News, 29 March 1994:

     The number of folks who have taken to dining al desko is causing some new problems in the workplace.

   • 2004, Alex Elgar, "Dining 'Al desko'”, The CB Friday, 12 November 2004:

     A recent study published in a British daily claimed that dining ‘al desko’ was fast becoming the new norm for office workers.

Quotations

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:al desko.

See also

• deskfast