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Recent Examples of salverAnd maybe a butler is approaching with biscuits on a salver.—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024 According to a history of these tables published in Traditional Home magazine in March 2008, that decorative flourish started in the early 1700s in England as the edging on a silver salver — a tray on which tea could be brought out and set down on a tea table.—Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021 The plow, in short, has been cleaned, polished and turned on its side as a salver to serve adorable canapes in a posh lounge that once was a barn.—Mike Dunne, sacbee, 28 Feb. 2018 A few minutes later, the valet came back with the same salver holding one cigarette.—Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 16 Feb. 2018 Virginia Wade’s Wimbledon champion’s plate — or salver, as any proper Englishwoman would call it — is packed in a box, awaiting her imminent move from the Upper East Side of Manhattan to a new apartment near Manhasset, on Long Island.—Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 13 July 2017
Dispatch received information that the vehicle, a black Infiniti QX60 with Connecticut registration plates, was traveling at approximately 25 mph on I-84 East crossing into Connecticut from New York, state police said.
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
19 Dec. 2024
This 750 mL bottle makes a handsome Christmas gift and would be perfect with a plate of cookies.
Construction worker, gardener, waiter, painter, realtor — these are the jobs Mardoel Hernandez has held as a Honduran immigrant living in the U.S. for over 20 years.
Nidia Cavazos,
CBS News,
18 Dec. 2024
My mom brought the tablecloth and asked the waiter to set it on our table for dinner.
Juno & The Peacock Just a short stroll from The Vinoy, this Beach Drive newcomer has a lively patio scene and does decadent raw bar platters, dry-aged steaks, and flatbreads.
Terry Ward,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Dec. 2024
Additionally, a 12 Days of Cheese sampler platter, which includes four cheese varieties paired with sour cherry and fig spreads and Taza Chocolate will be available to purchase in stores for $39.99.
Cheryl V. Jackson,
The Courier-Journal,
13 Dec. 2024
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