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silver service

British  

noun

  1. (in restaurants) a style of serving food using a spoon and fork in one hand like a pair of tongs

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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If you’re expecting Ibsen with petticoats and silver service, you’ve come to the wrong place.

From Washington Post Mar. 9, 2023

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

There’s a silver service on board from the Raleigh, a cruiser that was hit with a Japanese torpedo and a bomb during the attack but suffered no loss of life.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 4, 2016

“I ain’t stole no silver service, Miss Leefolt,” I say and just the words make me want a run.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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