head waiter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Speaking to Le Parisien newspaper, local resident and head waiter at the Moulin Rouge in the 1980s, André Duval, said: "Paris without its windmill is like Paris without its Eiffel Tower".
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2024
The place had been nearly packed nightly just a few weeks ago before Omicron wiped out business, said head waiter Juan Lozano.
From Reuters • Dec. 31, 2021
He looked, Thomsen recalls, “so much like a pale, pouchy, and cruelly overworked head waiter that every civilian there, I felt, was trying very hard not to hand him a tip.”
From Slate • Oct. 5, 2014
So my goal is to become the head waiter.
From Washington Post • Apr. 8, 2013
The honored guests moved silently upon the platform, herded toward their high, carved chairs by Dr. Bledsoe with the decorum of a portly head waiter.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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