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waitressing

American

[wey-truh-sing] / ˈweɪ trə sɪŋ /

noun

the occupation of a waitress.

Etymology

Origin of waitressing

First recorded in 1935–40; waitress + -ing ¹

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

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

While living in the Shelbourne Hotel, she took on roles very different from her wartime escapades, waitressing in cafes and selling frocks in Harrods, before taking a job as a cleaner on a passenger ship.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2024

As any reasonable person would, she applied her gift to gambling, but after some unfortunate turns she has ended up waitressing at a casino.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2023

In waitressing, you always have new customers to study; even housecleaning offers the day’s parade of houses to explore.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich

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