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green table

noun

Definition of green table

: council board

First Known Use of green table

circa 1650, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for green table

from Green Tables, nickname of the Committee of the Covenanting Government that ruled Scotland 1638–41; from the green cloth that covered the table where they transacted business

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