The liftman was a small simian creature, dressed in the black tunic of an Epsilon-Minus Semi-Moron. ❋ Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 (1932)
There was a common staircase, with a porter and a liftman at the entrance, but there was no restaurant or anything of that sort, and each flat was quite shut off from the others. ❋ Unknown (2005)
The shore uniform of the liftman was spotless and he stood at his station precisely as he should. ❋ Virgil Finlay (1951)
Let his youthful aspirations run through the usual stages, liftman, engine - driver, bus-conductor, sailor, etc. ❋ Various (N/A)
“Any flats vacant here?” asked Alleyn of the liftman. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1936)
On their way down the liftman extolled the virtues of the flats, and Alleyn warmly agreed with him, but still insisted that he preferred the solace of an open fire. ❋ Marsh, Ngaio, 1895-1982 (1936)
The liftman slammed the gates, touched a button and instantly dropped back into the droning twilight of the well, the twilight of his own habitual stupor. ❋ Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 (1932)
He had taken it for granted, when the bell rang, that his visitor was Tom, the liftman from downstairs, a friendly soul who hailed from London and had been dropping in at intervals during the past two days to acquire the latest news from his native land. ❋ Unknown (1928)
"Can you tell me which of these offices that lady works in?" he said to the liftman. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)
"Well, if you're a friend of 'ers, I daresay she'll tell you' erself next time she sees you," said the liftman. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)
"I mean to say wot I 'ave said," the liftman interjected. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)
"An 'I'll give you a thick ear if you don't' op it out of this quick," the liftman retorted angrily. ❋ St. John G. Ervine (1927)
The liftman was not on duty, the lower hall was in darkness, but ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)
That this gift for making himself unpopular with all and sundry, high and low, had not deserted him, was illustrated by the attitude of the liftman as we entered the hall of the chambers. ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)
As I descended to the street the liftman regarded me in a curious and rather significant way. ❋ Sax Rohmer (1921)
There was a knock at the door, and the liftman came in. ❋ Unknown (1919)
Before leaving Paris for Nancy and the eastern frontier, I left a portmanteau and a rug in a hotel where I had become friendly with the manager and the assistant manager, with the hall porter, the liftman, and the valet de chambre. ❋ Philip Gibbs (1919)
When I got back the liftman had an important face. ❋ Unknown (1915)
At the lift the procession bowed itself away and we went up in charge of the liftman, a gorgeous individual who looked like one of the Pope's ❋ Valentine Williams (1914)
