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Read in bed, without disturbing your partner Speaking of lights, rather than using a lamp on a night table, a no-name LED Clip-On Book Light from Dollar Tree ($1.25) clamps onto your paperback, hardcover or non-illuminated ereader.
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Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
Beside their bed, a golden block of reclaimed pine flooring serves as a night table.
—Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 9 Dec. 2022
Rather than turning on a lamp on, say, a night table, Dollar Tree is selling this no-name LED Clip-On Adjustable Book Light that clips onto your paperback, hardcover, or non-illuminated e-reader.
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
The sight of that distinctive handwriting on a note left on a night table.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
In terms of placement, Radon recommends placing your rug close to the night table.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2022
Step 8: Clean hard surfaces in the cabin Wipe down hard surfaces, such as the night table, coffee table, desk and shelves.
—Erica Silverstein, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
Trivia night tables can be purchased for $250 each, and can seat up to 10 people. .
—Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
But if the Amazon Echo, flickering on a night table, prompts dystopian dread, the cell-phone butt dial belongs to a different genre.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2019
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Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2023
Beside their bed, a golden block of reclaimed pine flooring serves as a night table.
—Kathleen Hackett, ELLE Decor, 9 Dec. 2022
Rather than turning on a lamp on, say, a night table, Dollar Tree is selling this no-name LED Clip-On Adjustable Book Light that clips onto your paperback, hardcover, or non-illuminated e-reader.
—Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2022
The sight of that distinctive handwriting on a note left on a night table.
—Bob Greene, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2021
In terms of placement, Radon recommends placing your rug close to the night table.
—Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Oct. 2022
Step 8: Clean hard surfaces in the cabin Wipe down hard surfaces, such as the night table, coffee table, desk and shelves.
—Erica Silverstein, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2020
Trivia night tables can be purchased for $250 each, and can seat up to 10 people. .
—Steve Schering, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2019
But if the Amazon Echo, flickering on a night table, prompts dystopian dread, the cell-phone butt dial belongs to a different genre.
—Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1772, in the meaning defined above
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“Night table.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/night%20table. Accessed 27 Mar. 2023.
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