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a table intended to be placed against a wall.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

The bed even has flip-down side tables to act as job site workbenches.
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Maybe there’s a space on a side table where a tabletop tree is a perfect addition.
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Cruce operates the Iron Hill Campground on the other side of the highway.
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So in that sense we have gotten close to the families that have lost loved ones, be it from one side or the other.
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Andy Serkis, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Do you want to be on the wrong side of history, Academy?
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What could be more important, to make sure that side of things is right before we tie ourselves to someone forever?
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Within minutes, it seems, of the disclosures of these tragic events, large numbers of people chose a side and stuck to it.
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She skilfully manages the side-lights, and by this means produces strong effects.
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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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This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
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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.
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This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
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