单词 | dumb waiter |
释义 | dumb waiter noun 1A small lift for carrying things, especially food and crockery, between the floors of a building.A Venetian invention, a casino was a kind of bijou summerhouse specifically designed for illicit sex: the food was delivered by dumb waiter so no shenanigans could be observed....
2British A movable table, typically with revolving shelves, used in a dining room.But officers on their return found mouse droppings near bins, on the floor, behind a freezer and under a steel table near the dumb waiter....
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