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valet

[va-lay, val-it, val-ay] / væˈleɪ, ˈvæl ɪt, ˈvæl eɪ /
NOUN
manservant
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NOUN
attendant
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While this particular penthouse has its own dedicated parking spot, the building also offers valet parking.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He has recently developed a mobile app to make bookings for a barber's shop and a valet parking app for a Saudi client.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

When travelers arrive at the luxury terminal on the southern flank of LAX, they can valet their car and even get it washed while they’re away.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

When a lady’s maid and a houseguest’s valet fall in love, they contrive to unite their incompatible employers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

Overhearing a valet lamenting the lack of funds to create an alljockey baseball team, he jumped in.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

A total of 84 generals and 22 lower-ranking officers were held in the house -- known as No. 11 Camp -- between 1942 and 1945, served by valets and even allowed out on day trips.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

The valets in the lobby summon golf carts with a flick of the wrist, graciously driving me back and forth from the parking lot.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

The old valets who were let go during the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026

Instead, he plowed money into services such as ski valets, who wear yellow jackets and help guests carry their gear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026

The valets came up with an estimate of $23.80 per jockey.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

Besides having a lovely meal, I valeted my car with ease, which allowed me to stroll down the block for a post-dinner constitutional without having to remember which public garage I parked in.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2023

There was plenty of street parking on Thursday night outside of Il Bacco Italian restaurant in Little Neck, Queens, but we valeted the car anyway.

From Slate ● Jan. 13, 2023

It applies to services too, like having your nails done or getting your car valeted.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2021

Garage parking in Manhattan is almost universally valeted, which, on the one hand, provides some measure of security — but also evokes the valet joyride scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

From The Verge ● Jul. 26, 2015

James, who in his time had valeted princes, after he had finished shaving him and had turned him out as only a well-trained English valet can, glanced with satisfaction at his work.

From L.P.M. : the end of the Great War by J. Stewart (John Stewart) Barney

They also outlined plans for investment in more EV charging points, as well as the offer in the forecourts around food-to-go and valeting services.

From BBC ● Jan. 30, 2024

Instead, Saleh recalled shoveling snow and valeting cars for the actual guests.

From Fox News ● Dec. 2, 2021

Liu and Awkwafina effortlessly riff off each other about the struggles of being the children of Asian and immigrant parents with high expectations, and often defend the valiant, underappreciated profession of valeting.

From Salon ● Sep. 3, 2021

Maybe that’s what angels do, valeting their wings at the end of a hard day’s flight.

From The New Yorker ● Aug. 31, 2018

Did valeting include a kind of shampoo all over?

From T. Tembarom by Frances Hodgson Burnett




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