On a salver was a stack of programs for different ballets. From Wordnik.com. [Three Stations : An Arkady Renko Novel] Reference
He held a salver in his hand, and on the salver was a letter. From Wordnik.com. [From out the Vasty Deep] Reference
While he was speaking the servant entered with a salver, and on the salver was a note. From Wordnik.com. [Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange] Reference
The salver, which is 18.75 inches (abou 48 cm) in diameter, is decorated with figures from mythology. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
We call it salver shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Flower Stories] Reference
A silver salver of large size costs a thousand dollars. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Nobody was going to hand him anything on a silver serving salver. From Wordnik.com. [Supermind] Reference
They went to Mayor Phelan demanding Williamson's head on a salver. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
"For mademoiselle," he said, tendering a note to Cara on a salver. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
"Adagio" -- entered with a telegram on a salver which she offered to. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
A servant entered the room, and bore on a salver a letter addressed to. From Wordnik.com. [A Love Story] Reference
Ellen carved, and a neat maid handed the plates about on a silver salver. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
Penelope slipped it back into its envelope and replaced it on the salver. From Wordnik.com. [The Moon out of Reach] Reference
Grandmamma Robi-leaux had been standing near me with her salver of cookies. From Wordnik.com. [‘Homer & Langley’] Reference
I noticed Don Carlos de Ruiz's card in the salver in the hall as I came in. From Wordnik.com. [Bandit Love] Reference
The footman was already before her and presented to her a card upon a salver. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Sarah enters with one of Mrs. Mounteagle's little scented notes upon a salver. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
One of them observing the salver facetiously cried out, "See how we authors swim.". From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838] Reference
I heard a resounding gong, the sound made by a silver salver coming down on a skull. From Wordnik.com. [‘Homer & Langley’] Reference
Palmer interrupted her service to answer, and returned to me with a card on a salver. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-21] Reference
The King pours out the wine and water, and having drunk, replaces the cup upon the salver. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
King, presents to His Majesty the cup of gold and the golden salver on which are the decanters. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Versailles] Reference
Ruth's description of one of Nan's exploits when the maid appeared bearing a letter on a salver. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
It was not the same waiter, but a taller, fairer man who bowed as he held out the silver salver. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
He takes them on a silver salver and leaves them in the hall, goes before you, and announces you. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Bachelor Manners for Men] Reference
When this salver was struck, it rang like a bell, and it would not bend under the weight of a man. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 122, December, 1867] Reference
Later, when they were round their coffee in the lounge, the hall-porter brought her some letters on a salver. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
'You will take this to the post,' said Madame la Baronne, indicating the letter on the salver the maid carried. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Two small basons of silver, parcel gilt, weighing 22 ounces, with a salver, double gilt, and a paten, parcel gilt. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Southwark Cathedral Formerly the Collegiate Church of St. Saviour, Otherwise St. Mary Overie. A Short History and Description of the Fabric, with Some Account of the College and the See] Reference
And ghostily, as in a silver mist, he saw above the altar the likeness of a spear, and beside it a dish or salver. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
A rapid flush of anger mounted to his face as his valet entered with a card upon a salver, and he exclaimed, harshly. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
This unassuming pretty flower has a salver-shaped corolla; but in modelling it, I advise its being formed of five petals. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Guide to Wax Flower Modelling] Reference
Soon after the officers left me, a maid servant appeared with a silver salver, on which were sweetmeats and cinnamon water. From Wordnik.com. [Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs] Reference
"It must be intended for monsieur," said the man presenting it upon his salver, "for the messenger says it comes from Madame Le Prun.". From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
The silver pitcher and salver, always visible upon a table, were a testimonial from the managers of a fair for the aid of Indigent Widows. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 2, No. 14, December 1858] Reference
LearnThatWord and the Open Dictionary of English are programs by LearnThat Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.
Questions? Feedback? We want to hear from you!
Email us
or click here for instant support.
Copyright © 2005 and after - LearnThat Foundation. Patents pending.

