side-table

Noun

1. Alternative form of side table.
   • The "Grand Carver" of olden times, a functionary of no ordinary dignity, was pleased when he had a hare to manipulate, for his skill and grace had an opportunity of display. Diners à la Russe may possibly, erewhile,...
   • Small silver dishes of almonds, olives, and confectionery were dotted about, and finger-bowls with plates were set out on the side-table. - 1904, Carolyn Wells, “A Tea Club Tea”, in Patty at Home, New York, N.Y.: Dodd,...
   • THE makings were neatly laid out on a side-table, and to pour into a glass an inch or so of the raw spirit and shoosh some soda-water on top of it was with me the work of a moment. […] Somebody came in and started...