waitressing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of waitressing
Example Sentences
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“And I’m like, ‘Well, what if you had to choose between waitressing 60 hours a week and taking home $200 a month after daycare costs, and becoming a mom influencer?’”
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Also exempt: performing music, hairstyling, waitressing, personal training, pet-sitting and substitute teaching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
Sixteen-year-old Casey is currently waitressing while she waits to start a Working with Communities college course next month.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2023
I was in my mid-20s, waitressing on an island off the coast of Rockland, Maine, when the actor William Hurt — ultrafamous, at the height of his career — sat down in my section.
From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2023
In waitressing, you always have new customers to study; even housecleaning offers the day’s parade of houses to explore.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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