Waitering
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of waiter: the work of a waiter, serving customers at their tables with food and drink. form-of, gerund, uncountable
"Nor yet can you lay down the gentleman's-service when stimulated by prolonged incompatibility on the part of Cooks (and here it may be remarked that Cooking and Incompatibility will be mostly found united), and take up Waitering."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of waiter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Nor yet can you lay down the gentleman's-service when stimulated by prolonged incompatibility on the part of Cooks (and here it may be remarked that Cooking and Incompatibility will be mostly found united), and take up Waitering."
Etymology
From waiter + -ing.
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