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corner table

American  

noun

  1. a table of the 18th century having a triangular top with a triangular drop leaf of the same size.


Etymology

Origin of corner table

First recorded in 1920–25

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“I would film 15, 18 hours sometimes, and the rest of those hours I was in transit,” says Ballesteros, now 26, seated at a corner table at the Chateau Marmont.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2025

The young men at the corner table were, Aaron said, decompressing after a stint in Gaza.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2025

Most of the mornings I came in, there was a corner table of older men in their 70s and 80s who would meet up mostly to nurse their own cups of coffee and complain.

From Salon Nov. 5, 2023

Dozens of happy people mingled while I sat by myself at a corner table.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 6, 2023

On the corner table was a candy dish filled with butterscotch hard candies.

From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss

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