dressing table
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of dressing table
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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"The main bedroom has still got the dressing table where Joanna Page was there with Matthew Horne," said Lisa.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
“I did the calculations sitting at my wife’s dressing table because I didn’t have a desk or an office.”
From Scientific American • May 20, 2022
According to the weekly publication, some of the other pilfered items are seven gold candelabras, several Russian icons, a 10-piece silver dressing table set and St. Louis gilt crystal glassware and decanters.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2022
“At one point, we had every gurney, every dressing table, every embalming table had somebody on it,” he said.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2021
Her first resort was a black crepe de chine dress which, according to the dressing table mirror, bestowed by means of clever cutting a certain severity of form.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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