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valet

[va-lay, val-it, val-ay] / væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ /
NOUN
manservant
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NOUN
attendant
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While this particular penthouse has its own dedicated parking spot, the building also offers valet parking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

Christos, a valet at a major Athens hotel, was more irritated.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

He has recently developed a mobile app to make bookings for a barber's shop and a valet parking app for a Saudi client.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

When travelers arrive at the luxury terminal on the southern flank of LAX, they can valet their car and even get it washed while they’re away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Overhearing a valet lamenting the lack of funds to create an alljockey baseball team, he jumped in.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

The valets in the lobby summon golf carts with a flick of the wrist, graciously driving me back and forth from the parking lot.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Instead, he plowed money into services such as ski valets, who wear yellow jackets and help guests carry their gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

"From valets to duchesses, from three-piece suits to the Roaring Twenties, there is something for every taste," it boasts on its website.

From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026

Poker girls are officially described as waitresses, and are hired along with other staff like bartenders, chefs and parking valets to work at poker parties in private homes.

From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025

One of the valets ran out ahead of him, opened the door, and put his back against it, as if it might attack the king as he passed through.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Besides having a lovely meal, I valeted my car with ease, which allowed me to stroll down the block for a post-dinner constitutional without having to remember which public garage I parked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

There was plenty of street parking on Thursday night outside of Il Bacco Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, but we valeted the car anyway.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023

It applies to services too, like having your nails done or getting your car valeted.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021

Garage parking in Manhattan is almost universally valeted, which, on the one hand, provides some measure of security — but also evokes the valet joyride scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2015

For the same reason it was his custom, before being valeted by Petrushka, always to plug his nostrils with a couple of cloves.

From Dead Souls by D. J. Hogarth

Instead, Saleh recalled shoveling snow and valeting cars for the actual guests.

From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021

Zykiah, 15, decided to set up the company after his family bought him a car valeting kit for Christmas.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2021

Liu and Awkwafina effortlessly riff off each other about the struggles of being the children of Asian and immigrant parents with high expectations, and often defend the valiant, underappreciated profession of valeting.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021

Maybe that’s what angels do, valeting their wings at the end of a hard day’s flight.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2018

No valeting or grooming could ever make such a man a gentleman.

From Madcap by George Gibbs


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