head waiter
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"I don't think it will ever be able to compete with Galician octopus," said head waiter Claudio Gandara.
From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2022
His body was found after the head waiter failed to turn up for work at a restaurant in the City.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 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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