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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
typing pool
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Obviously there is pleasure in watching Hollywood recognise intelligent life in the typing pool.
▪ The laughter of the typing pool.
▪ They shared a cramped open-plan area in which they were disposed rather in the manner of a traditional typing pool.
▪ Tipping a wink at the typing pool.
▪ You send a ripple through the typing pool and see how these girls stick together.
WordNet
typing pool

n. a group of typists who can work for different persons

Usage examples of "typing pool".

They kissed, he a little prudishly, while Shirley thought about what present to take back to her best friend Jean who also worked in the typing pool but who secretly wanted to be a ventriloquist.

He had met Naomi in the traffic department of the agency, when she had been sent up as a replacement from the typing pool.

His father had given it to him when he sold his first teleplay: it was reconditioned, from the typing pool at the Security Pacific Bank.

Still crouched down, he looked at me from under the eyelashes that made him the heart-throb of the typing pool.

Playing polo for Elmer would have paid off my overdraft and a few bills and I wanted a suntan to wow the Ballenstein typing pool on the first day.

She had been in the typing pool and was grateful for the return to general secretarial duties.

An ambulance passed, bell noisily demanding attention, but he seemed more drawn by the typing pool chattering in their tea-break.

Dieter looked into all the rooms and picked the busiest, a combination typing pool and post room.

Grace didn't see it that way, and she almost cried when a girl from the typing pool came to replace her.

Who is there to help the secretary just bounced back to the typing pool?