Hello my name is uh-ugh-uh-uh and I'll be your uh-uh-uh....

Sorry couldn't resist.

Actually, I had one in a multi-story townhouse, it was great for transporting groceries from the first level garage to the kitchen on the fourth floor.  

Believe me, I know... the first house we lived in when we moved to NYC from Germany in 1952 had a dumbwaiter (house built in 19th century). The last coop my mother owned in NYC, which was built in the 1890's had no elevators and a dumbwaiter to each apartment to pick up trash.

I love those! My granny had one in her home and I fit in it when I was a kid. Hours of fun!

I know but I am not telling.  The local museum has a dumbwaiter as the building was built by one of the early settlers in Erie, a business man with lots of money & servants.

Dumbwaiters are awesome... unlike dumb people!

small elevator between floors to carry food and other things to another level....

A dumbwaiter is a small lift in a wall that can go between floors and carry food or other items - I've seen them in old-old, large homes back East, and they connected to a downstairs kitchen Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers. 

The guy at the restaurant we were at last Friday.

A laundry chute with a hoist inside.

Third Cousin to a dumb-agent. 

That's the little mini elevator that one uses to move items from one floor to the next. Usually food or dishes, right?

The mini elevator that the 3 stooges fall into. Hand operated. 

A waiter who brings the wrong drink or meal?

One that can't speak.

I know this one - ups and downs of being in the closet ;)

Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers - looks like missed yesterday's question - knew a bit about it.

For today's word - will wait (as Dumb-Waiter...lol!)

A server you wish you didn't have.

But seriously, a small elevator for carrying food, etc.

That's the guy I met last night at a steakhouse in Cedaredge. 

Thekid who waited on me this afternoon.

Actually it is a mini eleveator to send food usually up from the kitchen to the dinning room

I sold a house that was built in 1949 that had one.

It's any waiter that can't get my order right!  I said well done, not raw!!

On a serious note, it's an often manually operated "mini elevator" used to transport food and drink from a kitchen upstairs to an eating area, so servants don't have to walk through your home carrying food.

Hi Tony & Suzanne - My grandmother had a dumbwaiter. My brother and I would ride it when no one was looking.

I have been to a few restaurants with these.

And been a few homes with them too.

One screws up your order, the other delivers stuff up and down between the floors.

The guy who takes your order at a restaurant, brings out the wrong food, and forgets all of the extra info you provided with your order.  A dumb waiter indeed

I know the architectural one, but I also had one at dinner last night.

The guy that served us last night brought my wife a Cosmopolitan instead of what she ordered; a Champagne Cocktail...that was our dumb waiter.

Go to some of the mansions in Newport to find out!

What's you call me?

All the good answers are gone but there are real answers as well!

We had one in the frat house.  I was dumb and gave a dumb look then...

The one I had last evening! Could not resist!

Tony and Suzanne Marriott, Associate Brokers A small hand-powered elevator type device used to bring up food from a lower level kitchen.

Someone I definitely don't want waiting on me in the restuarant.