occasional table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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I feel like I’m being given an occasional table scrap.
From Washington Post • Jan. 12, 2023
And for the firm’s take on an occasional table by James Mont, Kindel artisans replicated the original’s unusual copper-and-silver camouflage-like finish.
From Architectural Digest • Aug. 19, 2014
Stop for a rest on the comfy couches at the hunting-themed Jägerhalle, staring at the framed paintings on the ceiling or entering one of the bar’s occasional table tennis tournaments.
From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2014
Perry looks at me across the highly polished occasional table, a taxi's horn just penetrating the triple glazing.
From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2010
Between the chairs stood an occasional table, suggestive of something eatable or drinkable to come, and on every table and nearly every chair were sepulchral looking antimacassars of macreme cord.
From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Russel, Florence Kimball
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