A short-order cook. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a short-order cook; short-order diner. ,They obtained a short-order divorce decree. From Dictionary.com.
Floyd works as short-order cook in Guadalupe's diner. From Wordnik.com. [Breaking Even by Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez] Reference
My occupation was "short-order cook", as it is called. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference
Allie was working short-order at a cafe ten minutes away. From Wordnik.com. [GINNY BATES, THE BEGINNING] Reference
Remo was to killers what Escoffier was to short-order cooks. From Wordnik.com. [Last Drop]
One was John Danzig, my short-order cook for a couple of months. From Wordnik.com. [Murder Canyon]
A short-order cook doesn't have time to make things from scratch. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
An obese short-order cook and her disoriented recovering lady love?. From Wordnik.com. [Just a Corpse at Twilight]
He even hired a short-order cook to burn steaks and boil vegetables. From Wordnik.com. [White Butterfly] Reference
So, if you have the choice, be the life guard, not the short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Summer Jobs | The Stiletto Gang] Reference
I was a dishwasher at two restaurants, and a short-order cook in the other one. From Wordnik.com. [ODD JOBS] Reference
To support both, I had acquired a job at the BX cafeteria as a short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [didn't we just . . .] Reference
Like my friend once said about Mr. Loquaciousness QT himself: He's a short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Quentin Tarantino and the "Southern"] Reference
Now along comes this blue-ribbon chef with the blue-collar moxie of a short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Blue-Collar Gourmet] Reference
The order is stuck above the counter (like food orders in front of a short-order cook). From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Golf equipment keeps on truckin' with the PGA Tour] Reference
The home office accommodates his other job as his family's chauffeur and short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Main Character: Richard Peabody has devoted his life to Washington's writers. At what cost?] Reference
A President and a Congress of the same party can pretty much gut the Military in short-order. From Wordnik.com. [53% think John McCain is going to win.] Reference
When Diane was hungry, I morphed into a short-order cook who catered to her craving for sweets. From Wordnik.com. [Aid and Comfort] Reference
Tomorrow, he would be a short-order cook in some Shelter commissariat, dossiers or no dossiers. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Conscience]
"A President and a Congress of the same party can pretty much gut the Military in short-order.". From Wordnik.com. [53% think John McCain is going to win.] Reference
Bloggers who blog all day perform some of the toughest multi-tasking this side of short-order cooks. From Wordnik.com. [Why Bloggers Should Be Paid More, Part I: Blogging is Tough] Reference
She is a personality--someone who has pumped gas, been a short-order cook and taught ballroom dancing. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2004-11-01] Reference
Then Marjorie took their orders and barked them in Greek over the counter to the two short-order cooks. From Wordnik.com. [Invasion]
My first thought was, "That's great...she really needs this after that short-order thing fell through.". From Wordnik.com. [A New Assignment, Oh... My... God] Reference
A DJ single-handedly working a national call-in show does more multi-tasking than a short-order fry cook. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Wouldn't Grow Up: When Sirius XM radio DJ Kenny Curtis talks, kids listen] Reference
She was a Tanner and he was ... well, he was Luke Jordan, second son of a rodeo bum and short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Tanner Ties]
A place where a queen and a former short-order cook could exchange pleasantries about their grandchildren. From Wordnik.com. [Yankee Hugs And Royal Handshakes] Reference
Not that the freedom isn't an issue, but I would be unhappy if my child turned me into a short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Ambivarianism] Reference
Steak tartare was a disappointment, as densely packed as a short-order hamburger patty, and it was underseasoned. From Wordnik.com. [Dining with Moira Hodgson] Reference
Except for the bored waitress with the beehive hairdo and the short-order cook in back, he had the place to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Moonheart]
He would drop in unannounced and, if there was a crowd, might take his place behind the griddle as a short-order cook. From Wordnik.com. [Hands-On Restaurateur Built Shoney's on Family-Style Food] Reference
And they expense their lunches at restaurants that employ short-order cooks and buy insurance from small local brokers. From Wordnik.com. [Billy Kimball: God Bless You, Big Campaign Spenders!] Reference
In short, you cheated your way to the head of the line and corrupted a presumably innocent short-order cook in the process. From Wordnik.com. [Is It Right To Tip For Faster Service?] Reference
And suddenly the short-order cook isn't just aligned against the bad guys, but he's a war hero, with many medals to his name. From Wordnik.com. [intertribal: more Under The Dome angst] Reference
The vomitmaster smooths the mixture with the back of the spoon, the way a short-order cook does with pancakes on the griddle. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
And I put in -- I was an elevator boy, Best and Company, and I was a short-order cook for a while, and a sandwich man, a waiter. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2004] Reference
My grandfather was first generation all the way -- a short-order cook in Brooklyn who invented the sugar packet, then Sweet'N Low. From Wordnik.com. [Rich Cohen: American Entropy] Reference
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