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
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
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
After three sleepless nights worrying for her family in Maui, 21-year-old Kaleikaumaka Johnson still turns up for work - waitressing in Honolulu.
From BBC • Aug. 12, 2023
She was good at anything that involved her hands, and she preferred the jobs where she did not have to work with customers, where she could be alone and thinking, to waitressing, secretarying, salesclerking.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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