wait at table
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Mr Karim was just 24 when he arrived in England from Agra to wait at table during Queen Victoria's golden jubilee in 1887 - four years after Mr Brown's death.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2011
The lad will have to clean my boots, and wait at table when I have company—yourself, for instance.
From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith
The evil is not so great as it is in the smaller towns, where these young persons wait at table also.
From Jonathan and His Continent Rambles Through American Society by Allyn, Jack
"You don't mean to tell me that this little girl is fit to wait at table!"
From Mr. Punch's Cockney Humour by Various
When I helped to wait at table, I saw that the count was always ready for a quarrel with his son, who could never say or do a single thing to please him.
From L'Arrabiata and Other Tales by Heyse, Paul
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