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ash stand
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tags: [garniture]
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Definition:basically an ashtray mounted on a tall stand.
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Dobbs was smashing furniture with an ash stand.
Joseph Heller. Catch-22, p.353 (1961)
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he pushed a ball or two about, examined the form of an ash-stand, swung his glasses almost with violence and declined either to smoke or to sit down.
Henry James. The Awkward Age
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