dumb waiter

See also: dumbwaiter, and dumb-waiter

English

Noun

dumb waiter (plural dumb waiters)

1. Alternative spelling of dumbwaiter
   • 2021 November 17, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 944, page 71:

     "In the bowels of Rugby station, which many say is haunted by a lady in a white dress (though I have never seen her), is this sign adjacent to a 'dumb waiter' lift.

References

• “dumb waiter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.