Parsons table

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noun

a square or rectangular table, often of lightweight material, with straight legs that are square in cross section and of the same thickness as the top extending from the corners flush with the top so as to appear jointless.

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Origin of Parsons table

First recorded in 1965–70; named after the Parsons School of Design, New York City

Words nearby Parsons table

parson, parsonage, parson bird, Parsons, parson's nose, Parsons table, Parsva, part, part. adj., partake, partan

How to use Parsons table in a sentence

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
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Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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A sepia photo shows him as a young boy, head in his hands, with a large book open at a bar table.
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That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.
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A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
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He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.
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