dumbwaiter
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According to OSHA, the companies’ employees and subcontractors were exposed to “pinch-point hazards” associated with the dumbwaiter and didn’t ensure employees and contractors were qualified to operate the device.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023
It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.
From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023
He also tinkered with a way of improving a dumbwaiter, the elevator typically used to deliver food and other goods from one floor to another.
From Salon • Apr. 30, 2022
When the pair inexplicably start getting very specific food requests via a dumbwaiter, the job suddenly changes.
From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2021
Francie and Neeley went down into the cellar each evening and emptied the dumbwaiter shelves of the day’s accumulated trash.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
