WAITER, WAITRESS
NOUNS – PERSON
► ABIGAIL a waitress → 1906 Aust. sl.
► APRONER a waiter → c1600 colloq.
► APRON MAN a waiter → 1990 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BAKED POTATO a waiter → 1969 US rhyming sl. for ‘pertater’
► BEANERY QUEEN a waitress → 1932 Amer. dial.
► BEAN JOCKEY a waiter; a person who waits on tables → 1937 US military sl.
► BEER-JERKER a waiter or waitress who serves beer → c1865 Amer. sl.
► BISCUIT-SHOOTER a waitress; a waiter in a logging camp → 1893 US sl.
► BISCUIT-TOSSER a waiter or waitress → 1877 US sl.
► BLACK COAT a waiter → 1943 Aust. sl.
► CADGER a waiter who hangs about to wait for gratuities → c1870 sl.
► COLD POTATO a waiter, esp. a slow or inefficient one → 1960 UK rhyming sl. (‘potater’)
► COOKIE-PUSHER a waitress → 1936 US sl.
► DAPIFER a waiter; one who serves at table; a steward → 1636
► DASH a waiter in a tavern → c1660 sl.
► FINDER a waiter → 19C Cambridge sl.
► FLUNKY a waiter in mining and logging camps → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► GARÇON a waiter, serving-man, waiter; a waiter in a French hotel or restaurant → 1788
► HASHER a waiter or waitress → 1916 US sl.
► HASH-SLINGER a waiter or waitress → 1868 US sl.
► HOT POTATO a waiter → 1909 UK sl.
► KNIGHT OF THE NAPKIN a waiter → 1902 sl. (Bk.)
► NIPPY a waitress in any of the restaurants of J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. London; later, any waitress → 1925 Brit. sl.
► PUNK a waiter; a lackey; a porter → 1974 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SKINK a waiter → 1603
► TENDER a waiter → 1865 Eng. dial.
► TOM a waiter → E18 sl.
► WAITERESS a waiter → 1972 homosexual sl. (Bk.)
► WAITER-ON a waiter → 1884 Eng. dial.
► WAITPERSON a waiter or waitress → 1980 US
► WAITRON a waiter or waitress → 1980 US
► WAITSTAFF male and female waiters → 2006 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DEAL THEM OFF THE ARM to wait at tables → 1930s US sl.
► HUSTLE HASH to work as a waiter or waitress → L19 sl.
► SLING HASH to wait at tables → 1906 US sl.
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