corner table

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of corner table

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

At a corner table on the expansive patio of a trendy Frogtown restaurant, Peaches’ blue eyes focus on the hovering waiter.

From Los Angeles Times

At a corner table at Urth Caffe downtown, a woman is sitting next to a big black bag.

From Los Angeles Times

On a February Los Angeles morning, Gyllenhaal moves briskly across the lobby of a low-key-chic hotel, barely breaking stride to ask that, instead of a discreet celeb-friendly indoor corner table, perhaps our interview could take place on an outdoor patio.

From Los Angeles Times

A small book cracked open at a corner table.

From Salon

The Powder Monkey had the town’s lone reliable wireless Internet connection, and none of the enthusiastic British drinkers seemed to mind, or even notice, the American in the corner table bashing on his Bloomberg machine and talking into his cell phone from two in the afternoon until eleven at night.

From Literature