carhopn.
/ˈkɑːˌhɒp/, U.S. /ˈkɑrˌhɑp/ U.S. colloquial.
A waiter or waitress who serves customers in their parked cars. Compare bell-hop n. at bell n.1 Compounds 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > server of food > to customers in car
carhop1923
1923 Lincoln State Jrnl. (Nebraska) 22 June 9 (advt.) Help wanted—Male Wanted—Soda fountain boy and car hop.
1941 Los Angeles Times 23 Oct. 2/1 The great love story of this town right now is the carhop and the aircraft worker. The boys go to the drive-in..and make a date before the place closes.
1967 Life 12 May 104B/1 Until his present role he spent as much time being a parking lot attendant and carhop as before cameras.
2003 L. Faderman Naked in Promised Land x. 177 She'd been a carhop before she joined the magazine crew, a telephone operator before that.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
carhopv.
/ˈkɑːˌhɒp/, U.S. /ˈkɑrˌhɑp/ U.S. colloquial.
intransitive. To act as a carhop.
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1948 Kiplinger Mag. Apr. 11 Straub made meticulous search for 100 quick–hopping car–hopping personnel.
1960 J. McManus in Introduction 188 I had another job..car-hopping six days a week at a little beef-and-burger kerb~stand.
1999 San Francisco Chron. (Nexis) 16 Apr. (Business section) C1 In high school, she carhopped at A&W for 50 cents an hour plus tips.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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