Dumb-waiter

  • 11dumb waiter —  Elevator. [RS] …

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  • 12dumb waiter — A small elevator or lift in a house for sending food, laundry, trash, etc. from one floor to another. A serving table …

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  • 14The Dumb Waiter — Infobox Play name = The Dumb Waiter image size = caption = writer = Harold Pinter chorus = characters = Ben Gus mute = setting = A basement room date of premiere = January 21, 1960 place = Hampstead Theatre Club country of Origin = UK original… …

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  • 15dumb — adj. 1 a (of a person) unable to speak, usu. because of a congenital defect or deafness. b (of an animal) naturally unable to speak (our dumb friends). 2 silenced by surprise, shyness, etc. (struck dumb by this revelation). 3 taciturn or reticent …

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  • 16waiter — [[t]we͟ɪtə(r)[/t]] waiters N COUNT A waiter is a man who works in a restaurant, serving people with food and drink. → See also dumb waiter …

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  • 17Comedy of menace — Main article: Characteristics of Harold Pinter s work# Comedy of menace Comedy of menace is a term used to describe the plays of David Campton, Nigel Dennis, N. F. Simpson, and Harold Pinter by drama critic Irving Wardle, borrowed from the… …

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  • 18Dumbwaiter (elevator) — Dumbwaiters are small freight elevators (or lifts) intended to carry objects rather than people. Dumbwaiters found within modern structures, including both commercial and private buildings, are often connected between two floors. When they are… …

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  • 19Harold Pinter — Infobox Writer name = Harold Pinter imagesize = 180px caption = birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1930|10|10 birthplace = Hackney, London, England United Kingdom nationality = British spouse = Antonia Fraser (1980 – present) Vivien Merchant… …

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  • 20Defiant Theatre — was a Chicago based theatre company founded in 1993 by a group of students from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The eclectic troupe specialized in productions that emphasized inventive stagecraft, perverse and controversial topics …

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