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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
Top with remaining 1/2 cup apples and 1/2 cup nougat bars.
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Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Sep. 2025
This Amazon version features the same suede leather construction, adjustable metal buckle straps, and non-slip outsole, along with a cork footbed with a deep heel cup for lightweight cushioning and arch support.
Harold shows up with a friend and financial adviser in tow, the dashing, flirty Guy Samson (Alessandro Nivola), who wastes no time in mixing up a tray full of strong cocktails.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
For millions of digital natives scrolling through an overstimulated and over-commodified internet, that wisdom feels as foreign as heirloom seeds on a fast-food tray.
While Dad tries to give Harrison directions from inside a vault, with the camera on FaceTime, Harrison is busy using waiter routes and vault codes to navigate the mansion.
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Clayton Davis,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
Meanwhile, at Café Central, waiters dressed in waistcoats serve melange (a famed Viennese coffee) beneath vaulted ceilings once frequented by Trotsky and Freud.
Another option is to sample the king fish platter — curried, stewed, or fried.
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Loán Lake,
Charlotte Observer,
16 Sep. 2025
After Indianapolis’ coaching staff had called a near-perfect game Sunday to wear Denver’s defense thin, head coach Shane Steichen placed the last minute of an already bizarre Week 2 game on a silver platter for the Broncos.
That can be done through a process server, law enforcement, a friend or relative or certified mail.
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Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
9 Sep. 2025
The company also provides hardware products and related software offerings, such as Oracle Engineered Systems, enterprise servers, storage solutions, industry-specific hardware, virtualization software, operating systems, management software, and hardware support services.
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