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butler's table

American  

noun

  1. a small table, usually used as a coffee table, with a removable or fixed butler's tray for a top.

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One sign of this was the appearance of fine glass and Meissen porcelain in, for example, “The Jar of Apricots” and “The Butler’s Table.”

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