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Word: waitress (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Babe's nightclub in Des Moines, the center of Iowa night life, the waitress said: "For two or three nights there won't be any women in here. Then a flight of planes will be grounded at the airport. Honestly, I believe the place fills up with women before the wheels touch ground. Or maybe they listen to the weather reports and flock in when it's ceiling zero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: They Think of the Moment | 2/26/1945 | See Source »

September. In Lewiston, Idaho, a waitress flatly refused to sell cheese to be taken out of the restaurant, gave in when the customer ordered "two cheese sandwiches - untoasted and without bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 8, 1945 | 1/8/1945 | See Source »

Acts for the Waitress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Desperates Grab at Astringosol, Waitresses In Beating Cigarette Shortage | 12/15/1944 | See Source »

...spot habitues advise acting "sweet to the waitress, and maybe she'll come through." If this attack is not successful, someone has commented that at the Wurst House on Boylston Street, you can get a pack of Chelseas from the bartender if you give him, just like with toothpaste, a used and empty package...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Desperates Grab at Astringosol, Waitresses In Beating Cigarette Shortage | 12/15/1944 | See Source »

Technicality. In Lewiston, Idaho, a waitress flatly refused to sell cheese to be taken out of the restaurant, gave in when the customer ordered "two cheese sandwiches-untoasted and without bread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 25, 1944 | 9/25/1944 | See Source »

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