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dub-dub

dub-dub n. a restaurant server or waiter. Editorial Note: Possibly specific to the TGI Friday’s restaurant chain. Etymological Note: Clipped pronunciation of first letters of waiter and waitress (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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