waitstaff
Americannoun
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a staff of waiters or waitresses who wait on tables, as in a restaurant.
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a waiter or waitress.
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Some pretended to be difficult customers to allow the waitstaff to rehearse for future nitpicking.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 23, 2025
Paikin remembered incredulous customers asking the waitstaff if they could really just help themselves, and not quite believing it when they heard, “Yes, you can get whatever you want.”
From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025
Soft-spoken, polite to waitstaff, engaged with each other without ever so much as glancing at a phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2025
Whoever proves themself the most competent among the housekeepers, chefs, waitstaff and concierges will be rewarded with “a job opportunity” and a $30,000 bonus.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2025
In editing, I can slow down the waitstaff action and time it to “Pachelbel’s Canon.”
From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed
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