carhop

Example Sentences

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After class, she would take everyone home before heading to her second job as a carhop at Sonic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Klusmann thinks roller-skating is America’s unsung national pastime, a sport that every few years gets a burst of media attention, even if the media spotlight equates it with ’50s carhop culture or ’70s disco balls.

From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2022

Richard and Pamela met when they were teenagers, and she was a carhop at a root beer stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2020

Three years ago, he was a carhop at a Sonic Drive-In in Garland, Tex.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2018

The young carhop turned slowly, as if puzzled, then said something to the boys in the Firebird and moved reluctantly toward him.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien