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paternoster

[pey-ter-nos-ter, pah‑, pat-er‑] / ˈpeɪ tərˈnɒs tər, ˈpɑ‑, ˈpæt ər‑ /


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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.

From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023

Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.

From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015

It warns of the “risk of being crushed … between car and landing”, and states that the paternoster is only to be ridden “at the user’s own risk”.

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

“I am going to paternoster for perch, and I’ll take the casting-net to get some small fry.”

From The Handbook to the Rivers and Broads of Norfolk & Suffolk by Davies, G. Christopher




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