servery
Americannoun
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serveries
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Origin of servery
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The court heard that he had been in his current prison for around two years and worked in the servery, where food is prepared and distributed.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2025
It is one of only eight pubs known to have no bar counter and its updated listing includes its "rare" tap room "servery" arrangement.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2020
He said rodents were also found in the servery area where prisoners got their food.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2019
It also detailed how food routinely ran out in one wing, with staff having to source a half-used tray from another servery or distribute "mountain survival" dried food packs.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2017
Next to the north comes the servery, a room without interest but for its window which looks west, and is like the two older dining-room windows.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
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