night table
- a small table, chest, etc., for use next to a bed.
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Origin of night table
First recorded in 1780–90
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My night-table was daily removed, and beside me stood a jug of water.
The Life and Adventures of Baron TrenckBaron Trenck
My tools were the irons I had dug out, which fastened may bedstead and night-table.
The Life and Adventures of Baron TrenckBaron Trenck
Mother gave me a clock with a luminous dial which I wanted for my night-table.
A Young Girl's DiaryAn Anonymous Young Girl
He got out of bed, he took his keys from the night-table at the bed head and went to his bureau.
Soul of a BishopH. G. Wells
He could descry his wife's portable clock on the night-table.
The Roll-CallArnold Bennett