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bus boy

British  

noun

  1. a waiter's assistant

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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I would watch him treat the bus boy in the back washing dishes, the same way that he treated his best customer.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2021

As she leans back for a breather, a bus boy drops a load of dishes.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2018

The Spokesman-Review says Reed started working as a bus boy at the hotel on June 1, 1942.

From Washington Times • Apr. 10, 2018

“That’s been a great program for us, a way to fill the starting positions — the dishwasher, bus boy — and many have graduated and trained slowly and become more skilled staff.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2017

While he was imagining the fisherman, the aging bus boy appeared with his cart.

From Joe Burke's Last Stand by Wetterau, John Moncure

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