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The modern crumber shrank table cleaning
Baltimore restaurateur John Henry Miller invented the modern crumber in 1939. The pocket-sized tool removes crumbs from a table while being less conspicuous than a brush and pan. Even the interval between courses acquired a purpose-built implement.
A small mess prompted a deliberately discreet tool.
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