at table

prepositional phrase

Eating a meal at a table, especially with others.

“sitting at table with a servant”

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. Eating a meal at a table, especially with others.

    sitting at table with a servant

    2 more examples

    […] but anything would have been better than sitting at table with a thing only fit for a May-day sweep on one's head.

    1876, Lady Barker, The Kafir at Home, printed in The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, volume 23 (87?), page 221 http://books.google.com/books?id=YbkmAQAAIAAJ&dq=%22May%20Day%20sweep%22&pg=PP15#v=onepage&q=%22May%20Day%20sweep%22&f=false

    But she managed not to cry for she knew that would not do at table.

    1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 92
  2. Preparing and serving the table for a meal, usually formal.
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Chicago

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