paternoster
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Such so-called paternoster elevators still survive in some German public buildings.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2023
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
The paternoster is the VW Beetle among lifts.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
Out out, one in There are an estimated 250 paternoster lifts still in use in Germany.
From The Guardian • Aug. 14, 2015
These rarely took a minnow, but a gudgeon on the paternoster, and on the upper hook thereof, frequently proved fatal to a two-pounder.
From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William
