paternoster
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2023
Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.
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
I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 14, 2015
He crossed himself involuntarily and muttered a paternoster.
From Fairy Tales from the German Forests by Margaret Arndt
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