 Aback table, a square table; in particular, one that is not self-supporting but is fixed to a wall by hinges or brackets.
The Antique Collectors' illustrated dictionary, Compiled by David Mountfield, The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited, 1974  "I have an impression on my mind which I cannot distinguish from actual remembrance,..."
From David Copperfield, Charles Dickens  "I'm not calling for 'redistribution'. I'm calling for the rich to pay their taxes. I'm calling for a rebalancing of our social safety net. I'm calling for a return to a time when America made bigger investments in the general welfare. I'm calling for more poor aid and less rich aid."
From Poverty, America by Matthew Desmond  "The act of writing is nothing except the act of approaching the experience written about; just as, hopefully, the act of reading the written text is a comparable act of approach."
From The Storyteller, in The Sense of Sight, John Berger  "People like to discuss hypotheticals," I would reply. "We like to sit on a barstool and lay claim, with unwavering confidence, to our bravest selves. But really, there's no way to know what I would have done, what I would do."
From The Bus Driver by Lori Ostlund in Story, Issue 16 |
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