单词 | dinner wagon |
释义 | > as lemmasdinner wagon dinner wagon n. a small table with wheels or castors like a trolley, having two or more levels for holding dishes of food, cutlery, etc., and used in serving meals in a dining room; (also more generally) a trolley used in serving meals. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > tea-trolley dinner wagon1826 tea-wagon1840 wagon table1844 wagon1906 silent butler1912 tea-trolley1937 1826 G. Smith Cabinet-maker & Upholsterer's Guide 201 The two designs in this Plate are denominated running sideboards and sometimes vulgarly termed dinner waggons. 1862 Internat. Exhib.: Illustr. Catal. Industr. Dept. II. xxx. §5719 A wainscot sideboard; dinner wagon, to correspond. 1927 Western Times (Exeter) 4 Nov. 11/5 The presents included..a dinner wagon and set of pictures from Barnstaple Motor Company with which the bridegroom is associated. 2005 New Yorker 5 Dec. 81/1 Desserts were wheeled up to the table on a dinner wagon. 2016 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 Feb. (ed. 1) (Traveller section) 6 About 90 minutes after takeoff the dinner wagons roll out. < as lemmas |
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