dumbwaiter

Example Sentences

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It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

He also tinkered with a way of improving a dumbwaiter, the elevator typically used to deliver food and other goods from one floor to another.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022

The dumbwaiter interrupts the hit men’s mundane chatter but doesn’t veer the production off course from its clear road map to the conclusion.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

When it got crazy, they would put me in this dumbwaiter between levels in the restaurant and send me to this downstairs bar.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2018

I rush from the room and hoist myself into the dumbwaiter.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin