paternoster
Example Sentences
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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
As the paternoster cabin in which he was slowly descending into the bowels of Stuttgart’s town hall plunged into darkness, Dejan Tuco giggled infectiously.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
The loop: down and back up There have been no new paternoster lifts installed since 1974, because of access problems and safety concerns.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
They had scarcely sat down long enough to say half a paternoster, when a messenger came and called the head cook to the duke.
From Tales from the German Comprising specimens from the most celebrated authors by Various
