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\documentclass[]{article}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{177.70511pt}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

\usepackage{array}

\begin{document}
\parbox[0cm][0.5ex][s]{0mm}{\makebox[42mm]{\dotfill}}%
\begin{tabular}{|b{9mm}|m{9mm}|p{9mm}|}\hline
text text & text text & text text \\\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{document}