valet
noun
a male servant who attends to the personal needs of his male employer, as by taking care of clothing or the like; manservant.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
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This morning when I was valeting my car, the guy said, “Thank you, sir.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2016