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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The employment or duties of a waiter.

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Examples

  • I have super-smell so I could smell it oozing out of the people, the furniture, the waitering staff … God it was gross.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Newly renovated Ladies Lounge. 2010

  • But I have enough self confidence and drive to try, and not stand on the corner begging for change or waitering for cash tips as I did in high school.

    Can undecideds swing the vote? 2008

  • But I have enough self confidence and drive to try, and not stand on the corner begging for change or waitering for cash tips as I did in high school.

    Voters see Obama’s run in shades of gray 2008

  • If you're really lucky you might get to hear my waitering wit at next year's event.

    Archive 2007-12-01 ROB McGIBBON 2007

  • If you're really lucky you might get to hear my waitering wit at next year's event.

    Breast Cancer Haven ROB McGIBBON 2007

  • The first time I ever heard the word “ratatouille” was when I conned my way into a waitering gig at this fancy French steak house kind of restaurant.

    "Giant rats roam free!" Ann Althouse 2007

  • Well, Anonymous, I'm always kind to waiters, and have been since my waitering days back in college.

    Wooden Phone Booth Sighting: Sam's Brooks of Sheffield 2007

  • They're also there because people like Bush and Kerry have conspired to encourage American firms to ship well-paying jobs overseas, leaving students with little but retail clerical work and waitering to help them pay their bills.

    Kerry and Bush: The Joke's on Us 2006

  • As an aside, the current flash game of the month at my office is the "quick service restaurant" waitering game where you have to manage a busy lunch-time crowd.

    ATITD Tests Psychological Origins of Play 2006

  • Tourism Minister Valli Moosa that the tourism and hospitality industries transform, saying blacks should be involved in management and ownership, and not only in waitering and portering.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

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