waitress
Americannoun
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waitresses
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verb (used without object)
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"We don't usually get soccer on TV but we expect a lot more than the usual number of customers for the next few weeks," said waitress Gabrielle McLoughlin.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
He said no more than four words to me the entire meal but managed to chat up our waitress.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
For Kate Santos, a waitress who works at Sanger Hall, a bar in Queens, New York, tips are an essential part of her income.
From BBC ● May 27, 2026
Gamble’s husband, Larry Fletcher, boasted of his wife’s legal victory to a slightly uncomfortable-looking young waitress, who expressed her congratulations in an uncertain voice.
From Slate ● May 4, 2026
Windy paid the bill and left a dollar on the table for the waitress.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
So a set was built in a converted house about 5 miles away, where Julia Roberts plays one of the three love-struck waitresses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
"We don't need 10 waitresses to be serving four tables," Gonzalez says.
From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026
Poker girls are officially described as waitresses, and are hired along with other staff like bartenders, chefs and parking valets to work at poker parties in private homes.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2025
The kitchen turns into a madhouse with cooks working and waitresses fighting to get their orders out first, all while the floor is flooded with soda.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2024
They’ll talk to the waitresses and tell jokes.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
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