short-order
adjective
ˈshȯrt-ˌȯr-dər 
-ˈȯr-
: preparing or serving food that can be cooked quickly to a customer's order
a short-order cook
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My brother Tom was a short-order cook and Terri washed dishes.
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
The menu consisted of typical short-order items: hamburgers and other sandwiches, French fries, fountain drinks, and ice cream desserts.
—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
And here at Graceland, the kitchen ran kinda like a short-order restaurant would.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace after a 16-year-old short-order cook served a cheeseburger over 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger joint.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
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Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2024
The menu consisted of typical short-order items: hamburgers and other sandwiches, French fries, fountain drinks, and ice cream desserts.
—Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
And here at Graceland, the kitchen ran kinda like a short-order restaurant would.
—Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace after a 16-year-old short-order cook served a cheeseburger over 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger joint.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Short-order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-order. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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