Carhop

/ˈkɑrˌhɑp/ noun

A server at a drive-in restaurant who brings food and drinks to customers sitting in their cars.

Combination of 'car' plus 'hop' (a person who moves quickly from place to place, from 'to hop'). Originated in American English during the 1920s-1950s drive-in restaurant era.

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