porter

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Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

"Once the night porter went to drain the swimming pool but he left the drain open all night and when he came back in the morning the pool was empty," laughed John Paul.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

Mueller’s chamber-like porter chairs are designed as a place where the viewer can be alone and meditate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Mueller’s next porter chair will have a crown of gnarled bamboo roots she found on the beach in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

“What security? I left this building at three o’clock this afternoon and there was only a porter on duty, as usual. I should be asking you for identification. Who appointed you? And why?”

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman