dumbwaiter

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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

At that very moment, for example, Will was inside the walls of the Ashers’ apartment building, navigating with the help of an outmoded dumbwaiter that probably no one but him knew existed anymore.

From "A Tangle of Knots" by Lisa Graff