"dressing-table" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dressing-tables [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dressing-table (plural dressing-tables)
  1. Dated form of dressing table. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: dressing table
    Sense id: en-dressing-table-en-noun-vSmforgP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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