diner lingo
(chiefly, US) A lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).
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(chiefly, US) A lexicon of slang formerly common, and still sometimes used, among cooks and waitstaff at diners (restaurants of a certain type).
there is plenty of cowboy food slang and diner lingo, and the curious cook will be tempted to experiment with the recipes for such oddities as nun's toast, Minnehaha cake, and an ominous-sounding colonial dessert called "grunt." And ther…
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