corner table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of corner table
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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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
My brother and I were squeezed into a corner table near the door, which blasted us with cold air each time it opened — but none of that mattered.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2025
It’s a few days before Musgraves is set to perform this month on “Saturday Night Live,” and the singer is seated at a corner table in a restaurant on the Upper East Side.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2024
Rasseem sat at a corner table, hunched over his bowl of stew.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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