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  • verb Present participle of waitress.

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Examples

  • And I'm here celebrating the fact that I spent another year scraping dishes and waitressing, which is what I've been doing since 13.

    CNN Transcript Jan 22, 2005 2005

  • Human trafficking, poor villagers selling their daughters that they cannot afford to feed, criminal syndicates promising young naive girls "waitressing" jobs and then imprisoning them in brothels.

    Dlisted - Be Very Afraid 2008

  • These people are primarily farmers, or if they don't farm, they have lower paying jobs such as waitressing or cashiering at Wal-Mart.

    Lead Stories from AOL 2010

  • We have consistently argued that when a woman has been led to expect that she is to be employed in a line of work, such as waitressing, but is then coerced intohaving sex with customers, this is a form of trafficking.

    TODAYonline 2008

  • To Rhee, waitressing skills are precursors to life skills, even for those who move in the very fast lanes of life.

    Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011

  • To Rhee, waitressing skills are precursors to life skills, even for those who move in the very fast lanes of life.

    Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011

  • "Sometimes you can get a job waitressing or at the Post Exchange, but for people who want more of a career, that can be challenging."

    Arianna Huffington: Military Families Week: Putting the Spotlight on the Sacrifices of Those Left Behind Arianna Huffington 2011

  • The best waitressing story about Rhee happened long after her waitressing days were over, when Rhee was married to Kevin Huffman and living in Toledo with two small daughters.

    Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011

  • Robert was laid off when his factory job was outsourced and his wife, Donna, is waitressing at a Bob Evans out in Beachwood.

    Arcane Circle Linda Robertson 2011

  • The best waitressing story about Rhee happened long after her waitressing days were over, when Rhee was married to Kevin Huffman and living in Toledo with two small daughters.

    Richard Whitmire: The Michelle Rhee You Don't Know Richard Whitmire 2011

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