at table

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See also: attable and attablé

English

Prepositional phrase

at table

  1. Eating a meal at a table, especially with others.
    sitting at table with a servant
    • 1876, Lady Barker, The Kafir at Home, printed in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 23 (87?), page 221 :
      but anything would have been better than sitting at table with a thing only fit for a May-day sweep on one's head.
    • 1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 92:
      But she managed not to cry for she knew that would not do at table.
  2. Preparing and serving the table for a meal, usually formal.
    • 1922, C. Herman Senn, M.B.E., F.R.H.S., editor, The Art of the Table; including How to Wait at Table, How to Fold Napkins, and How to Carve:

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