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waitress

[way-tris] / ˈweɪ trɪs /




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Sheila Williams, from Golden Cross, has taken on a waitress job for the winter to help her pay her bills.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Joyce Bracken, 80, a waitress at a local restaurant, feels the same way.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

Former waitress Iryna Mosiychuk runs a company called Beezone, which advertises itself as a business consulting firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

Our waitress is coming out of the kitchen, looking at her pad of paper.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy

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

But it’s about the history for me, and the family that is built there, from the waitresses to the hosts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jan. 31, 2026

His focus is on ordinary Midwesterners—bus drivers, waitresses, dime-store clerks, schoolteachers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

He sent one of his waitresses to I. Magnin’s to buy maternity dresses for me.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou


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