Waiter

Examples

• The chief waiter had had enough of me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• The waiter coughed, as if he modestly invited me to get over that. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• With his mind apparently relieved from an overwhelming weight, by having at last got an order for something, the waiter imperceptibly melted away. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The waiter was despatched on both errands. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If you'll order the waiter to deliver him anything short, he won't drink it off at once, won't he! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Before the waiter had answered the call, the mechanic had vanished. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• If I didn't support a aged pairint, and a lovely sister,'--here the waiter was greatly agitated--'I wouldn't take a farthing. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Rather chagrined, the waiter followed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Waiter, show this gentleman out. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Blowed if the gen'lm'n worn't a-gettin' up on the wrong side,' whispered a grinning post-boy to the inexpressibly gratified waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Waiter, rack punch. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In the patents of Sir Waiter Raleigh, to the London and Plymouth companies, to the council of Plymouth, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• It wouldn't be bad,' he yawned at one time, 'to give the waiter five shillings, and throw him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Some hours later, while I was resting in the coffee-room, a letter was placed in my hands by the waiter. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• You shall have some of the very best, sir,' replied the waiter. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Wery fresh,' replied Sam; 'me and the two waiters at the Peacock has been a-pumpin' over the independent woters as supped there last night. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I began to think he would get on, in spite of all the many orders of chief waiters in England. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Call the waiters,' said the old gentleman. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Fancy articles entirely--sell for waiters, and so on, to rich 'uns, that can pay for handsome 'uns. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I hobbled off to my army of waiters downstairs. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The boys applied whip and spur, the waiters shouted, the hostlers cheered, and away they went, fast and furiously. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters royally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Waiters never walk or run. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Jos was in his glory, ordering about the waiters with great majesty. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The waiters were busy bringing drinks from the bar to the tables. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Call the waiters! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• I didn't see a single exception except the waiters and myself. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• She had another admirer, one of the head-waiters at the inn at Salt Hill. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I asked one of the waiters concerning the boat itself, and was taken to see the engineer, and went down to look at the engines, and saw the captain. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The shabbiness of these attendants upon shabbiness, the poverty of these insolvent waiters upon insolvency, was a sight to see. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.

Editor: Olivia