garcon

Unhappily, I dropped my newspaper -- it fell under the Frenchmen's table; instead of calling the garcon, I was foolish enough to stoop for it myself.

Pelham — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

Unhappily, I dropped my newspaper -- it fell under the Frenchmen's table; instead of calling the garcon, I was foolish enough to stoop for it myself.

Pelham — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

A city directory would have been a surplusage, and we flattered the "garcon" by seeming to believe everything he said, exclaiming "Oh my!"

Shakspere, Personal Recollections John A. Joyce

I made my way up to garcon, where I learned to parlez-vous with customers along the lines of “Eighty-six on the escargots, lady.”

In Which Mad Dog Kicks French Women's Bony Butts Con Chapman 2011

Maybe ‘le garcon’ could get round to helping to “fix the dodgy starter sparkly, change the torch batteries and to seeing to whatever neeeds seeing to stop the fuses tripping in the fusebox” instead of boring you silly with his never ending monologues about his interminable poker games?

words of wisdom 2009

“Bonjour Mademoiselle et Monsieur,” our garcon says.

Undine Spragg, International Cocktail Bitch Con Chapman 2012

“Mais oui!” le garcon says with self-assurance, and calls the bartender over.

Undine Spragg, International Cocktail Bitch Con Chapman 2012

"I'll have the Cobb salad and the beeftournedos," she says, apparently mistaking me forun garcon.

Quixote Bronson, Savior of Neglected Suburban Housewives 2010

J'ai 37 ans, je suis marie et j'ai une fille de trois ans et un garcon de 1 an.

joyeux - French Word-A-Day 2008

Racists have always used the term "boy" to address adult black males in a servile role, waiters, drivers, gardeners, etc., the French equivalent of "garcon" for a waiter in the old days when the society was class-conscious.

Rep. Davis (R-KY) Apologizes For Calling Obama "That Boy" 2009