noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
dumb waiter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
dumb
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Where design permits, the old-fashioned serving hatch can come in handy: it's the dumb waiter of the less-palatial home.
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The kitchen is equipped along old-fashioned lines, and meals reach the dining room via a dumb waiter .
head
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Led by the head waiter around a crowded bar we emerged into a restaurant with a breathtaking interior.
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They were here, in this restaurant, and Fernando was chatting amiably with the head waiter .
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The head waiter already has my name memorized.
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Roquelaure was recognised instantly by the head waiter who took them straight to a reserved corner table.
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The head waiter made a servile fuss when they arrived and begged permission for a photograph to be taken for publicity purposes.
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The head waiter was putting his coat on.
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Francisco, the head waiter , seemed surprised when Cameron walked in.
■ NOUN
wine
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They know, these wine waiters .
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Grave discussions between the wine waiter , Auguste and Alfred were in progress.
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Another ten minutes ensued while the agonising choice of wines was made, and the wine waiter departed.
■ VERB
ask
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She asked a waiter for another pot, and settled down to catching up with the story of Swan's life.
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We ask the waiters what people like.
tell
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She told the waiter some one was due to join her and waited.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A GOOD-LOOKING waiter produces a light.
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A woman goes to a curry house and annoys the waiter .
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He'd been a waiter for twenty years-and this was the day he broke free. ext.
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No one said a word until the waiters wheeled in the centrepiece of the main course.
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The House bill also excludes tipped workers, such as waiters who currently earn $ 2. 13 an hour.
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Their black gowns flowed to the floor where they were frequently trampled underfoot by passing waiters.
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When the waiter had served our entrees, a lull settled in.