library table

noun

1. a large pedestal writing table or desk.

Word History and Origins

Origin of library table¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

The library table was littered with current magazines, giving the apartment the appearance of a physicians receiving room.

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Mr. and Mrs. Bird and the doctor are seated around a library-table in earnest conference.

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He moved noiselessly toward the library table, drawing out the plan Kate had given him.

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Funds recovered, liberal things were devised, and one morning I found a handsome cheque on my library table.

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And he turned and, walking to a leather-covered chair drawn up beside the library table, seated himself and opened a heavy book.

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