waitressing

[ wey-truh-sing ]

noun

Origin of waitressing

First recorded in 1935–40; waitress + -ing¹

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A 23-year-old in Israel, she does waitressing and bartending gigs in Tel Aviv, where she goes to university.
People are hiring out their faces to become deepfake-style marketing clones | Will Douglas Heaven | August 27, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
"It is hot and it is ready," says Bernice Michaud, who has been waitressing at Dolly's for over a quarter century.
On the Canadian Border, It's Pancakes for Every Meal | Jane & Michael Stern | July 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Shawn had been in and out of jobs, mostly waitressing, since she graduated in 1975.
The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis | Richard Ben Cramer | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Then I decided I preferred my criminal activity on my television set and quit poker waitressing to go home and watch The Sopranos.
Illegal New York Poker Clubs: A Former Waitress Reveals What Goes on Inside | Sara Copeland | April 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Why is Maci waitressing and Amber kvetching about paying the bills?
Teen Mom Cover Girls | Joyce C. Tang | October 19, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

Typically, girls and women are lured into captivity by promises of jobs in child care, waitressing, fashion, or entertainment.
Hollywood's Sex-Slave Crusade | Dana Goldstein | November 11, 2009 | THE DAILY BEAST

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