maitre-dish

maitre-dish
 n.β€” Β«Both worked at the Fog City Diner; Doug as bartender, Nancy as “maitre-dish.”Β» β€”β€œAfter a few years, he fit the picture” by Louise Rafkin San Francisco Chronicle (California) July 19, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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