silver service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In the case of 97-year-old Mrs Canham, a former silver service waitress who took great pride in her five-generation family, the coroner highlighted "suboptimal care".
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2023
She insisted on a beautiful silver service, gorgeous china and Pepperidge Farm cookies.
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020
I also learned silver service one summer, and still astonish associates with how many plates I can carry at once.
From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2018
On this date in 1916, private citizens of Arizona let the contract for a solid silver service to be presented to the battleship Arizona.
From Washington Times • May 9, 2018
She takes down a cabbage-rose teapot and cups—a wedding gift from Mrs. Murphy that’s been in a box for decades—along with some recently recovered spoons from Mrs. Nielsen’s silver service.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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