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Definition of Silent butler
1. Noun. A small receptacle with a handle and a hinged lid; used for collecting crumbs or ashes.
Definition of Silent butler
1. Noun. A dustpan with a hinged lid into which crumbs or ash from an ashtray are put. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silent Butler
Literary usage of Silent butler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Home and the Family: An Elementary Textbook of Home Making by Helen Kinne, Anna Maria Cooley (1917)
"This "silent butler is a great helper. The girls planned to locate everything as
conveniently as possible ... This tray is sometimes called a silent butler. ..."
2. Russo-American Relations During the American Civil War by James Morton Callahan (1908)
"... political faux pas" the President remained silent. Butler, at a recent visit,
found that the President had unmistakable sympathy with England. ..."
3. Four One-act Plays: The Clod--A Guest for Dinner--Love Among the Lions--Brothers by Lewis Beach (1921)
"He is the perfect, silent butler now. He carries a small tray; puts it on the
table near Grant; goes out. Grant takes the pill from the tray, ..."
4. In London Town by Frank Berkeley Smith (1906)
"Informal as is the breakfast where every one helps himself, the luncheons and
dinners served by the silent butler and his first and second man are ..."
5. Steps in English, Composition Rhetoric: Composition-rhetoric by Thomas Charles Blaisdell (1906)
"Speaking of his early life he said, "Until I was of age I was accustomed in my
Southern home to a silent butler and a mahogany sideboard. ..."
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