corner table
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of corner table
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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At a corner table on the expansive patio of a trendy Frogtown restaurant, Peaches’ blue eyes focus on the hovering waiter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026
The young men at the corner table were, Aaron said, decompressing after a stint in Gaza.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2025
It’s a few days before Musgraves is set to perform this month on “Saturday Night Live,” and the singer is seated at a corner table in a restaurant on the Upper East Side.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
Most of the mornings I came in, there was a corner table of older men in their 70s and 80s who would meet up mostly to nurse their own cups of coffee and complain.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2023
Rasseem sat at a corner table, hunched over his bowl of stew.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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