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- adjective restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
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Examples
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DISRUPTION: Technology is bursting out from the shackles of its desk-bound past.
IT Breaks Free Nigel Kendall 2011
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Tim Jacob Pitts has a good time laughing at Raylan's injured desk-bound state in the premiere.
Morgan Glennon: Justified Returns for a Third Season With Guns Blazing Morgan Glennon 2012
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So it has been a somewhat desk-bound week this week.
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If her beginnings were slow and desk-bound, Plath was soon soaring beyond her lover's reach.
Ted Hughes's final lines to Sylvia Plath bring closure to a tragic tale Robert McCrum 2010
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No desk-bound dullard, he is exceedingly well-traveled—indeed, he often pilots planes to the locations he writes about, which include sites as close as Roanoke Island in Virginia and as far away as China.
The Herald of A New Creation Alfred W. Crosby 2011
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Mr. Espley exercises as a relief from his desk-bound work, which requires close reading and attention to detail.
A Bouncy Castle for Grown-ups Jen Murphy 2010
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Tim Jacob Pitts has a good time laughing at Raylan's injured desk-bound state in the premiere.
Morgan Glennon: Justified Returns for a Third Season With Guns Blazing Morgan Glennon 2012
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Q – why is it only ACPO and desk-bound or at least not front line bobbies who ever get a QPM?
Criminals Insist On Being Naughty SHOCK! « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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In the UniqCorps Plastics Division literature, desk doodles were known as “corporate novelties,” and the official purpose was to inspire a childlike creativity from desk-bound employees.
The Snow Whale John Minichillo 2011
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Maybe I'll look back one day and find that these twin peaks have fallen away, but for now they remain the dominant features of my desk-bound view.
MIND MELD: Who are Your Literary Influences in the Ongoing Conversation of Science Fiction? 2009
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