silver service
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Our writer Robbie Shell weighs what to do with the silver service she inherited, which her grown sons don’t want.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
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
Mary Anne searched her purse for a Kleenex, but pulled out instead a teaspoon pirated from her mother’s silver service.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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