dumbwaiter

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When choosing to install a dumbwaiter, you have the option to go with an electric dumbwaiter or a manual one.

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  1. noun A small elevator used to convey food or other goods from one floor of a building to another.
  2. noun A portable serving stand or table.

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  • She then put the box into what looked like a dumbwaiter. —  Cleary, Melissa - Dog Mystery 04 - Skull and Dog Bones
  • Mr. Smith had put him in the dumbwaiter, stuffed him inside like a bundle of dirty laundry, and then left him there -- for God only knew how long. —  Cat and Mouse
  • He had even seen Mr. Smith. He had looked out from the dumbwaiter -- upside down, no less -- and stared into Smith's hard, cold eyes, seen his nose, his lips. —  Cat and Mouse
  • Both men were senseless from the anesthetic gas and would remain so for some time Turning, Doc bolted for the dumbwaiter shaft. —  034 - The Fantastic Island
  • Adjoining his bedroom there is a small cabinet, where he used to dine alone or with Voltaire, without attendants, everything coming through the floor on a dumbwaiter, the king himself placing the dishes on the table. —  The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe: William II, Germany; Francis Joseph, Austria-Hungary, Volume I
 

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