cocktail table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cocktail table
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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Christian Holtz is brimming with energy as he spreads a map over the cocktail table.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 2, 2022
Bagans and I look for spikes on the electromagnetic meter he’s placed between us on the sticky cocktail table.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2022
For a make-ahead savory bite, these little lamb starters are an unexpected treat on the holiday cocktail table.
From Salon • Dec. 22, 2021
He drew his first puffs and placed an even larger stogie—a gift from his thirty-two-year-old son, Andrew, who works in the White House Office of Public Liaison—on a cocktail table in front of him.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 3, 2018
Dad and I drag in a high cocktail table to use as a podium—I have to be standing when I do my part.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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