dumb waiter

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See also: dumbwaiter and dumb-waiter

English

Noun

dumb waiter (plural dumb waiters)

  1. Alternative spelling of dumbwaiter
    • 2021 November 17, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 944, page 71:
      "In the bowels of Rugby station, which many say is haunted by a lady in a white dress (though I have never seen her), is this sign adjacent to a 'dumb waiter' lift.

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