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What (who) is dumb-waiter - definition

PLAY BY HAROLD PINTER

The Dumbwaiter; The Dumb Waiter (play)

Dumb-waiter

ELEVATOR CARRYING FOOD INSIDE

Dumb-waiter; Dumwaiter; Dumb waiter; Dumb Waiter; Dumbwaiters; Dumb waiter lift; Mechanical dumbwaiter; Dumbwaiter (elevator)

·noun A framework on which dishes, food, ·etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, ·etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

dumb-waiter

ELEVATOR CARRYING FOOD INSIDE

Dumb-waiter; Dumwaiter; Dumb waiter; Dumb Waiter; Dumbwaiters; Dumb waiter lift; Mechanical dumbwaiter; Dumbwaiter (elevator)

n.

See dummy.

dumb waiter

ELEVATOR CARRYING FOOD INSIDE

Dumb-waiter; Dumwaiter; Dumb waiter; Dumb Waiter; Dumbwaiters; Dumb waiter lift; Mechanical dumbwaiter; Dumbwaiter (elevator)

also dumbwaiter (dumb waiters)

A dumb waiter is a lift used to carry food and dishes from one floor of a building to another.

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Wikipedia

The Dumb Waiter

The Dumb Waiter is a one-act play by Harold Pinter written in 1957.

"Small but perfectly formed, The Dumb Waiter might be considered the best of Harold Pinter's early plays, more consistent than The Birthday Party and sharper than The Caretaker. It combines the classic characteristics of early Pinter – a paucity of information and an atmosphere of menace, working-class small-talk in a claustrophobic setting – with an oblique but palpable political edge and, in so doing, can be seen as containing the germ of Pinter's entire dramatic oeuvre".

"The Dumb Waiter is Pinter distilled – the very essence of a writer who tapped into our desire to seek out meaning, confront injustice and assert our individuality."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The Dumb Waiter

Examples of use of dumb-waiter

1. The academy said Pinter –– whose works also include "The Room," "The Birthday Party" and "The Dumb Waiter" –– restored the art form of writing plays.

2. The Academy, which has handed out the prize since 1'01, described Pinter, whose works include The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough The Caretaker, as someone who restored the art form of theatre.

3. Have your say» The award for the 75–year–old playwright – whose works include The Room, The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough work, The Caretaker – will have two immediate consequences: increased book sales and controversy.

4. The jury said that Pinter, the author of 2' plays and master of the pregnant pause, "uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppressions closed rooms." In its citation, the academy said the 75–year–old playwright – whose works include The Room, The Birthday Party, The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough play The Caretaker – had "restored" the art form.

5. The Swedish Academy, awarding the prize, said on Thursday he was an author "who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression‘s closed rooms". In its citation, the academy said the 75–year–old playwright – whose works include The Room, The Birthday Party and The Dumb Waiter and his breakthrough work, The Caretaker – was one who restored the art form of writing plays.