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paternoster

[pay-ter-nos-ter, pah-, pat-er-] / ˈpeɪ tərˈnɒs tər, ˈpɑ-, ˈpæt ər- /


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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

The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

“I’m used to talking about the Greek crisis, or the recent train drivers’ strike, but little did I expect that the paternoster would turn into my subject,” Strohschneider said.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015

These rarely took a minnow, but a gudgeon on the paternoster, and on the upper hook thereof, frequently proved fatal to a two-pounder.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by William Senior


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