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waitress

[way-tris] / ˈweɪ trɪs /




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Barb is toasting Ron and his accomplishments, but he can’t pay attention because the waitress is standing awkwardly at the table.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

"It's very energetic, very chaotic," said Melanie Mendoza, a waitress at the Bourbon and Branch, a bar not far from the iconic Garden that is fully decked out in the team's colors.

From Barron's ● Jun. 7, 2026

My mom worked there as a cocktail waitress.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

In a separate posting on X in November a waitress, said to be from New York City, complained that a table of four who spent $3,000 only gave her $200 or 6.7%.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

A waitress brought over a Coke for Felix and a tall multicolored drink with three pieces of fruit around the rim for his mom.

From "Millionaires for the Month" by Stacey McAnulty

Some waitresses at this year's beer festival say they have also started wearing cycling shorts under their dirndls.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

But the young women who would have become telephone operators became stenographers, administrative assistants and waitresses instead.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

"We don't need 10 waitresses to be serving four tables," Gonzalez says.

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

“Alice” aired on CBS from 1976 to 1985 and featured Holliday, Lavin and Beth Howland as a trio of waitresses working at the roadside Mel’s Diner in Phoenix.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2025

Three of the waitresses came in at the same time.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway


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