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paternoster

[pey-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 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

Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

Bid him take it to Rouen, and at every running water he comes to say a paternoster and sprinkle its tail.

From The Man in Black by Weyman, Stanley John