Meaning of dumbwaiter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A small elevator used to move food etc. from one floor of a building to another.
2. A table or set of trays on rollers used for serving food.
   obsolete
3. A lazy Susan.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“When writing he had a copyin machine: while he was a-writin he wouldn't suffer⟳ nobody to come⟳ in his room: had a dumb-waiter: when he wanted anything he had nothin to do but turn⟳ a crank and the dumb-waiter would bring⟳ him water or fruit on a plate or anything he wanted.”

“Sauces, wines, all the accessories we wanted, and all of the best, were given out by our host⟳ from his dumbwaiter; and when they had made the circuit of the table, he always put⟳ them back again.”

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