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And it seemed wise to pick a movie that one of us had already seen, so there would be a logical candidate for fetching the midmovie popcorn in the tragically waiterless Regal Meridian 16.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 17, 2019

Automats, the waiterless establishments of the early 20th century that combined vending machines and a cafeteria, could be considered the first fast-food restaurants, said Magne Mogstad, a labor economist at the University of Chicago.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2018

The Duke was bowled home in a snorting motor to the brilliant rotunda of the Grand Palaver, itself waiterless and supperless.

From Arcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Leacock, Stephen