dumbwaiter

Example Sentences

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On the upstairs landing we discover something called a dumbwaiter, which, upon inspection, is not dumb at all.

From Literature

Another innovation was the dumbwaiter, which moved hot food and bottles of wine from the belowground kitchens and storerooms—called “dependencies”—up to the first floor.

From Literature

Joshua Shaw, a 27-year-old carpenter with Mavid Construction, died in June after he was struck by a dumbwaiter car while working inside one of the football stadium’s video scoreboards, WLUK-TV reported Tuesday.

From Seattle Times

Occasionally, your group will be divided, communicating only by a makeshift dumbwaiter in the byzantine rooms that create the sensation of being in a maze-like mansion.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Scientific American