credenza

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Before there was the credenza, the TV was sitting on top of a vintage tin top table that jutted out from the wall and offered no storage (hence the wicker basket underneath), like so:

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  1. noun A buffet, sideboard, or bookcase, especially one without legs.
  2. noun A piece of office furniture having a long flat top and usually file drawers.

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  • She propped her hip on the credenza, causing the short skirt of her tailoredseafoam -green suit to ride up even higher. —  ABC Amber LIT Converter
  • A desk, a few chairs, maybe a couch and some bookcases or a credenza. —  ActOfTreason
  • This long mantel was mounted to the wall behind Rubin's desk, almost like a credenza, so Tess ended up facing all those photos when she sat opposite him. —  Laura Lipmann - By a Spider's Tread
  • Stansfield pointed to his credenza, where a second phone was located. —  Transfer of Power - Flynn
  • The oak credenza was piled with file folders and law books he never consulted. —  TAMI HOAG
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  1. Italian, from Medieval Latin crēdentia, trust (possibly from the practice of placing food and drink on a sideboard to be tasted by a servant before being served to ensure that it contained no poison); see credence.
 

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