smoking stand
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The only fancy detail was a “smoking stand in the form of a butler.”
From Washington Times
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 Literature
She heard the Steward’s heavy wheezing, and through the crack where the door hadn’t quite shut she saw him adjust the pipes in the rack by the smoking stand and cast a glance over the decanters and glasses.
From Literature
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 Literature
We walked out onto a stage that contained only two chairs and a smoking stand.
From Literature
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