carhop

Example Sentences

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After class, she would take everyone home before heading to her second job as a carhop at Sonic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Richard and Pamela met when they were teenagers, and she was a carhop at a root beer stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2020

By World War II, carhop service was common at drive-up restaurants offering fare such as burgers and ice cream loats, some brought out by roller-skating waitresses.

From Time • Jul. 4, 2016

He conducted his courtship of carhop Cleo Fincher in the same way.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2015

The young carhop turned slowly, as if puzzled, then said something to the boys in the Firebird and moved reluctantly toward him.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien