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dumbwaiter

[duhm-wey-ter] / ˈdʌmˌweɪ tər /
NOUN
elevator
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NOUN
lazy Susan
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Said Wes Lambert, owner of Dumbwaiter Restaurant, “It’s going to hurt a lot of people down here, us included.”

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2021

Off Broadway The Dumbwaiter and The Collection, by Harold Pinter, are strange, funny, terrifying one-acters that enigmatically glimpse the contortions, evasions, and inarticulateness of human beings groping for contact with one another.

From Time Magazine Archive

In The Dumbwaiter, there is an acrimonious exchange about whether one "lights the kettle" or "lights the gas," a typically childlike confusion in getting the hang of words.

From Time Magazine Archive

In The Dumbwaiter, two men, Ben and Gus, loll on iron cots in a mottled green basement room and bandy naggingly repetitive small talk.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Dumbwaiter and The Collection are superior theatergoing gifts from Britain's greatly gifted Harold Pinter.

From Time Magazine Archive




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