smoking stand

American  

noun

1. an ashtray mounted on a low pedestal, often placed next to an armchair, sofa, etc.

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smoking stand

It was a large room, with an oval table of polished rosewood on which stood various decanters and glasses, and a silver smoking stand with a rack of pipes.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

The Butler trimmed the wick, and put another log on the fire as well, and then listened carefully at the hall door before helping himself to a handful of leaf from the smoking stand.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman

We walked out onto a stage that contained only two chairs and a smoking stand.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

Lucie sprang up, bringing a smoking stand from the corner of the room to his chair.

From The Mardi Gras Mystery by Bedford-Jones, H. (Henry)

His coat—a well-made garment of some gray, cotton cloth hung on the back of his chair, and the butts of two cigars lay on his smoking stand.

From Kastle Krags A Story of Mystery by Martin, Absalom