lift-man

Updated: June 4, 2025

I called at the house in Cork Street indicated by Elma, and learned from the old commissionaire who acted as lift-man and porter, that Mr. Woodroffe's chambers were closed. "'E's nearly always away, sir abroad, I think," was all I could get out of the old soldier, who, like his class, was no doubt well paid to keep his mouth closed.

William Le Queux - The Czar's Spy: The Mystery of a Silent Love