paternoster
Example Sentences
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
In 1876 the General Post Office in London got one, which is often referred to as the first in the world, although Ellis had installed a paternoster in Oriel Chambers, Liverpool, eight years before.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
I’m too impatient to wait for a conventional lift and the best thing about a paternoster is that you can hop on and off it as you please.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
A paternoster also in his hands caught a quantity of perch.
From A Danish Parsonage by Vicary, John Fulford
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
