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

And yet when I finally, as an adult, had a dumbwaiter shaft in my old, rented house, I found it scary, drafty.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022

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

When the pair inexplicably start getting very specific food requests via a dumbwaiter, the job suddenly changes.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021

Another innovation was the dumbwaiter, which moved hot food and bottles of wine from the belowground kitchens and storerooms—called “dependencies”—up to the first floor.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis