silent butler
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of silent butler
First recorded in 1935–40
Example Sentences
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Why is Fred handed an overcoat at various times by a silent butler?
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 20, 2013
The silent butler waiting on the guests had appeared behind the doctor's chair, and was saying something in the low, level tones of the well-trained servant.
From The Trees of Pride by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
His face was so expressionless, his mouth so tightly closed, and his air of concentration on the business in hand so intense, that he seemed the perfect type of the silent butler.
From Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
The silent butler drew forward a chair for Orde, and stood looking impassively in Mrs. Bishop's direction.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
They had wine to dinner, and were waited on by a discreet and silent butler.
From A History of the Moravian Church by Joseph Edmund Hutton
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