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
Built in 1892, its features from that era include a 25-foot-long hallway, pocket doors and a butler’s pantry with a dumbwaiter.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2022
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
When the pair inexplicably start getting very specific food requests via a dumbwaiter, the job suddenly changes.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021
He was a dumbwaiter from which dumb-diners fed.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
