dumbwaiter

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It's a dumbwaiter that was designed to carry these heavy glass plates.

From Scientific American • Jun. 22, 2023

And yet when I finally, as an adult, had a dumbwaiter shaft in my old, rented house, I found it scary, drafty.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2022

Built in 1892, its features from that era include a 25-foot-long hallway, pocket doors and a butler’s pantry with a dumbwaiter.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2022

Decorated in what she describes as a Parisian style, the roughly 130-year-old unit has vintage features including a 25-foot-long hallway, pocket doors and a butler’s pantry with a dumbwaiter.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

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