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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Nelsan Ellis played Tara's cousin Lafayette, the short-order cook who also moonlighted as a medium.
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace, with a 16-year-old short-order cook serving the first one more than 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger stand there.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Rex plays Emmett, the restaurant's short-order cook.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
But does the All Star Special or Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melt taste the same without the chance of an employee catching a chair mid-air or the symphony of a short-order cook calling out orders?
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
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Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2025
Pasadena, California, claims to be its birthplace, with a 16-year-old short-order cook serving the first one more than 100 years ago in a roadside hamburger stand there.
—Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Rex plays Emmett, the restaurant's short-order cook.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
But does the All Star Special or Texas Bacon Cheesesteak Melt taste the same without the chance of an employee catching a chair mid-air or the symphony of a short-order cook calling out orders?
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Short-order.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short-order. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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