short order



short order

1. Quickly; see in short order.
2. An order of food to be prepared and served quickly, as in It's just a diner, serving short orders exclusively. This expression, dating from about 1890, gave rise to the adjective short-order, used not only in short-order cook, a cook specializing in short orders, but in other terms such as short-order divorce, a divorce quickly obtained owing to liberal divorce laws.
See also: order, short

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Solangeso-LAWNZHFrench
NickolasNIK-ə-ləsEnglish
Colin (2)KAHL-inEnglish
Thaddaios-Biblical Greek
Mei (1)-Chinese
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