nightstand

[ nahyt-stand ]

/ ˈnaɪtˌstænd /

Origin of nightstand

First recorded in 1960–65; night + stand

She said, I take that card to my bed at night, I put it on the nightstand.

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There is a reason why I keep a bb gun in my nightstand that could easily be mistaken for a handgun.

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Mottola went to work and left a note with lyrics to an Elton John song on the nightstand: “Butterflies are free to fly/Fly away…”

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Instead, he picked up the Bible on the nightstand and began “reading passages from Scripture aloud to them.”

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Urn Burial is a bedside book, a nightstand book, one that begs to be read in a wind-lashed, lightning-struck manor.

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Then he took an orange from his nightstand, and put it in my hand.

Cuore (Heart) |Edmondo De Amicis
He laid the pile of five-franc pieces on the old serving-woman's nightstand, and returned to his chamber without saying a word.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo
She was at the moment running over in her mind a "situation" in a paper-covered novel turned down on her nightstand.

A Little Journey in the World |Charles Dudley Warner
He drained his glass, put it on the nightstand, and closed his eyes to think.

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He had taken for his device: "Never a lawyer," and for his armorial bearings a nightstand in which was visible a square cap.

Les Misrables |Victor Hugo