单词 | diner slang |
释义 | > as lemmasdiner slang b. North American. As a modifier, designating slang used by or associated with short-order cooks and staff in diners, especially as a way to refer to various dishes, as in diner lingo, diner language, diner slang, etc. Cf. Adam and Eve n. 5. ΚΠ 1952 B. Gustafson Tillie the Toiler (cartoon strip) in Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 4 May (Comic section) i Let's see if I remember diner lingo: meat loaf is er..mystery loaf. 1970 Sunday Rec. (Middletown, N.Y.) 15 Feb. 33 Picturesque diner language disappears. Something you seldom hear any more is the picturesque language formerly used by waitresses to relay their customer's wishes to the short order cook. 1987 Grit (Williamsport, Pa.) 24 May 15/1 Occasionally..I'll catch a grainy old movie and hear a waitress shout for an order of ‘Adam and Eve on a raft’: diner talk for two poached eggs on toast, or ‘Bossy in a bowl’ meaning beef stew. 1994 A. Theroux Primary Colors 262 Diner slang, shouted colorfully from counterman to cook: ketchup is ‘red lead’, tomato soup ‘red noise’, and corned beef ‘red horse’. 2007 A. F. Smith Oxf. Compan. Amer. Food & Drink 187/1 The Denver, known as a ‘cowboy’ in diner lingo,..may actually be America's oldest breakfast sandwich. < as lemmas |
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