Citations:waitron

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• 1974 October, Lois W. Parker, “Lingua Ex Machina”, The South Central Bulletin, volume 34, number 3, JSTOR 3188736, page 74: 

  waiter — waitress: waitron

• 1980, Michael Mariotte, Diana Quinn, Dave Wells, “Washingtron” (song), Tru Fax and the Insaniacs: 

  I used to work as a waitron / in the lounge of the Hiltron / Now I work for my senatron / and I live in Arlingtron

• 1985 April 8, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Metamagical Themas: Questing for the Essence of Mind and Pattern^[1], New York: Basic Books, ISBN 9780465045402, page 144:

  "Server" is not so bad, and nowadays I don't object to "waitron", although the first time I heard it, it sounded very odd.

• 1989, Anne Bernays, Professor Romeo, ISBN 9781555842185, OL 2055659M:

  Inside the Brasserie, a noisy place two blocks from the Harvard Yard and favored by senior faculty members, Barker ordered a whiskey from a woman who claimed to be “Marie. I’m your waitron today.”

• 1991 July 28, “The Waitron's Knife and Fork”, The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:

  The new Random House dictionary recognizes, for instance, womyn, "an alternative spelling to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-e-n." And waitron, intended as a neutral alternative for waiter/waitress.

• 1992 June 19, Julian May, Jack the Bodiless, Knopf, ISBN 9780679409502, OL 1567595M:

  With adolescent perversity, he turned up his nose at all of the elegant French items on the Closerie's menu and scandalized the waitron by demanding corned-beef hash—fried extra crisp—with poached eggs, a slice of fresh papaya with lime, banana-walnut bread, and a pitcher of Mexican chocolate.

• 1993 September, Elaine J. Hall, “Waitering/Waitressing: Engendering the Work of Table Servers”, Gender and Society, volume 7, number 3, JSTOR 189797, page 344: 

  One waiter at the Elegant Nouveau stated that “waitron is fairly common among people in the business ... more of a humorous description,” and another waiter at the Trendy Café talked about the mechanistic connotation as appropriate for the repetitive and rountinized service in high-volume, middle-prestige restaurants.

• 1994 February, Evelyn Peterson, “How NC Are You?”, Spy, page 62: 

  There's that uneasy silence that settles over almost every boozer-friendly social occasion when the waitron asks if it can bring something from the bar.

• 1995 January 24, Janis Ian, “Mr. Lesbian Squeaks”, The Advocate, ISSN 0001-8996, page 806: 

  She grinned maliciously and flagged down a waitron.

• 1999 June 28, Julian May, Perseus Spur: An Adventure of The Rampart Worlds, Del Rey, ISBN 9780345395108, OL 9851303M, page 287:

  A lepidodermoid waitron, who had been until recently a gracile technician in the secret demiclone lab, offered refreshments to the important humans visiting the huge establishment.

• 2003 January 17, Kakutani, Michiko, “Books of the Times: Why Your Waitron Can Serve Brunch but Not Linner”, The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:

  Why did server as a gender-neutral term for waiter or waitress prevail over waitron?

• 2004 June 9, Luke, Anthony, “PC Menu [letter]”, Daily Telegraph, ISSN 0307-1235:

  Sir - On a visit to South Africa recently, I was taken aback by the menu at a restaurant my wife and I visited in the Western Cape. It said: "If you have any requirements that do not appear on the menu, please ask your waitron."

• 2004 September 28, Tracey Dalton, The Food and Beverage Handbook, Lansdowne: Juta and Company Ltd., ISBN 9780702166396, OL 7774255M, page 48:

  Table Service is the combined interaction between the guest and the waitron whilst seated at a table in the establishment's restaurant.

• 2008 February 1, Jenny Ratcliffe-Wright, Spit Or Swallow: A Guide for the Wine Virgin, Lansdowne: Double Storey, ISBN 9781770130616, OL 25421828M, page 89:

  If your wine waitron smells the cork, s/he's probably a beginner at this game because you can tell absolutely nothing by smelling the cork.

• 2010 May 10, Cowen, Sam, “Jo'burg and London, relatively speaking”, Daily Telegraph, ISSN 0307-1235:

  Come back here with your cut glass, posh English accent and waitrons everywhere will melt at your feet.