Meaning of table-decker | Babel Free

Definitions

A servant in an aristocratic household who specifies where various dishes and decorations are to be placed at table.

historical

Examples

“At this time the table-decker came up. He took a napkin out of his budget, wiped the Cup, and was going to give the king some water to drink.”

“In 1749, he complimented Mr. Garrick in an Ode on his marriage with Madam Violetti ; and about the same period he united himself in the same state with Miss Hamilton, daughter of Mr. Hamilton, table-decker to the princesses.”

“George III from 1761 included a table-decker in his personal household ; another was allocated to the ten maids-of-honour and bedchamber women, and a third to his numerous chaplains.”

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