lift girl

noun

A female lift (elevator) operator.

Meanings

nounlift girl (plural lift girls)

plural lift girls

  1. A female lift (elevator) operator.

    Selfridges wouldn't have an escalator until 1952, but then it was famous for its gilded electrical lifts (and lift girls).

    2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 83
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APA

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Chicago

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