lift girl

English

Noun

lift girl (plural lift girls)

  1. a female lift (elevator) operator.
    • 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 83:
      Selfridges wouldn't have an escalator until 1952, but then it was famous for its gilded electrical lifts (and lift girls).
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