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Word: waitress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...dozen tables with 14 places at each will be set in the Standish dining room, and one waitress will have the care of a single table. Men who desire to eat together at a table may hand in their applications to the Dormitory Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STANDISH GROUP TABLES TO BE INSTITUTED IN MAY | 4/16/1926 | See Source »

...soft-boiled (2½ min.) hen's eggs, in 45 minutes. At the 37th egg he choked, gasped out, "That egg was rotten." As the 48th mingled with its predecessors, he unfolded himself, arose, collected a bet ($10) and the price of his orgy, paid the pop-eyed waitress, stalked through the crowd and made for his rooms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Rat-Hole | 4/5/1926 | See Source »

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-Pauline Lord still showing how a waitress may marry an old farmer from loneliness and run into a lot of trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Best Plays: Jan. 11, 1926 | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

Stage Struck. Gloria Swanson has hit on a primitive comedy, reminiscent of her early Mack Sennett days, that makes magnificent entertainment. She is a waitress; she aspires to the stage; she finally gets a job on a Mississippi show boat; is exceptionally inept; retires happily to a lunch-wagon for life. The unusual atmosphere, the frequent use of slapstick unabashed, and the brilliant ability of the star combine comfortably for genuine amusement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Nov. 30, 1925 | 11/30/1925 | See Source »

THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED-Pauline Lord still showing how a waitress may marry an old farmer from loneliness and run into a lot of trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Nov. 9, 1925 | 11/9/1925 | See Source »

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