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end table

noun

  1. a small table placed beside a chair or at the end of a sofa.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of end table1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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Example Sentences

As a final indignity, Green alleges that he dropped two $100 bills on her end table and left.

Putting her tray down carefully on the end-table, she led him toward the other fireplace.

Joe says, hitting an end table with his fist so an ashtray jumps off.

The huge man lifted a telephone from an end table adjoining the sofa and set it on the floor alongside Tom.

Her eyes grew round and she slowly looked over toward the end table.

He very slowly moved one hand toward the end table, leaning over Mimi, kneeing her wing out of the way.

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