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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

The room is gaudy with gowns, red roses, silver service clinking.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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