corner table

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of corner table¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

A teen with magenta hair plopped down at a corner table and locked eyes with an iPhone screen.

From Washington Post

Sally, the American student, was half-asleep at a corner table after a pub crawl.

From The Daily Beast

They carried shopping bags and sat side by side at a corner table.

From The Daily Beast

Over the good things at our corner table we did a little threshing on our own account—and got a lot more chaff and no grain.

From Project Gutenberg

I want you to tell me the name of the gentleman and young lady who are sitting over there at the corner table?

From Project Gutenberg

As Bob and Betty entered a great gust of laughter came from a corner table where a group of men were gathered.

From Project Gutenberg

There was an air of privilege around that corner table, as though past masters were eating there.

From Project Gutenberg

Kate Waddington, her indirect gaze still on that corner table, saw the dark young man smile and bow effusively.

From Project Gutenberg