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  • n  a tray (or large plate) for serving food or drinks; usually made of silver

  • As loyal Moose, Secretary of Labor James John Davis was honored with the gift of a silver salver by delegates at the first international convention of the Loyal Order of Moose, in .
  • Later, at home, his manservant Tucker (Arthur Lowe) offers the earl (Harry Andrews) his evening whisky and a selection of nooses on a silver salver.
  • As each vestment was presented to him on a velvet-covered silver salver, the Patriarch reverently kissed it.
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  • David Murray in Sportinglife.com
    When it was put to the chairman by one shareholder that the club does not do enough to defend its own fans, Murray added: "Let me say something quite controversial, I don't think within our club we help ourselves. We give our head on a salver...

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