paternoster
Example Sentences
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
The loop: from the top The paternoster has been dubbed the ‘socialist among elevators’.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
"Well, old 'un; what luck with the paternoster?" he asked, cheerily.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
