waitressing
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of waitressing
Example Sentences
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“And I’m like, ‘Well, what if you had to choose between waitressing 60 hours a week and taking home $200 a month after daycare costs, and becoming a mom influencer?’”
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
Also exempt: performing music, hairstyling, waitressing, personal training, pet-sitting and substitute teaching.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025
The labor — waitressing, janitorial — was physically demanding, the wages terrible, the treatment by bosses and customers often worse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2025
However, while waitressing in a showbiz restaurant in London she decided she wanted to be a TV presenter instead.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2023
But soon all her earnings, from clerking at Dickson’s Pharmacy to waitressing at the Eat’n Park, were earmarked for a camera, and she spent hours poring over Mr. Wilkinson’s camera catalogs and photography magazines.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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