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pier tables

pier tables is the plural of pier table.

Meaning of pier table

Noun

pier table (plural pier tables)

  1. A small table, usually set against the wall between two windows.
    • There is no telling the love of a Tahitian for a sailor’s trunk. […] When obtained, no pier-table just placed in a drawing-room, is regarded with half the delight.1847, Herman Melville, chapter 39, in Omoo, page 194

Questions about pier tables

What is pier tables the plural of?
Pier tables is the plural of pier table.

Words near pier tables in the dictionary

  1. pier glass
  2. pier glasses
  3. Pier Milan
  4. pier runner
  5. pier table
  6. pier tables
  7. pierage
  8. pierages
  9. Pierakop
  10. Pieratt
  11. Pieratts

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