waitressing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of waitressing
Example Sentences
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Also exempt: performing music, hairstyling, waitressing, personal training, pet-sitting and substitute teaching.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
As they work out their divorce terms, Patricia is waitressing and staying at the family home, which she can't afford on her own.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2024
Each day, before her waitressing shift began, Diane Thomas would plop herself onto the floor of her tiny Malibu studio apartment, in front of a low-slung desk, and begin typing.
From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2024
I do know it was huge enough that I could cut down on my waitressing shifts, and I could actually shift to being coat check.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023
It’s like waitressing is the one time when the competent mom I remember comes back and says hello.
From "The Benefits of Being an Octopus" by Ann Braden
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