cocktail table

noun

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The plan was for Wetzel to play a handful of tunes off the LP, which dropped on Friday, before settling into a series of handshakes and selfies with a crowd that mingled at cocktail tables and velvet couches. Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2026 Aprons were folded and stacked on the cocktail table. Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 May 2026 Or a bar with églomisé cocktail tables, each one crafted in London and commissioned by AD100 firm MBDS? Julie Vadnal, Architectural Digest, 21 Apr. 2026 Deborah Lavioletta, a lifelong Detroiter and 73-year-old pharmaceutical representative, was seated on a media podium, swaying to the music behind two younger women dancing enthusiastically at a cocktail table. Dana Afana, Freep.com, 5 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cocktail table

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of cocktail table was in 1913

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“Cocktail table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cocktail%20table. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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