silver service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Mr Turner, a fully qualified silver service waiter, put his career on hold in 2009 to care for Ms Macintosh, who had severe mental health issues.
From BBC ● May 20, 2022
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
Did she wake up in a feather bed, toast and coffee served on a silver service?
From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland
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