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crumber

1 9.3

A person who removes crumbs from tables in a restaurant

noun
/ˈkrʌmbər/

: recogedor de migas

After the dinner party, the crumber made sure the table was spotless.

Examples

"For heaven's sake, hold the catcher under the crumber or you'll have those crumbs on the rug."

Fiction book (1998)
The crumber swiftly cleaned the table after the guests finished their meal.
At the restaurant, the crumber carefully swept away the leftover crumbs.

Synonyms

busboy

vscrumber

54 3.0

A person who clears and sets tables and helps waiters in a restaurant

specializes in brushing or scraping away small food particles from tables

busser

vscrumber

1 4.3

A person who clears plates and sets tables in a restaurant

focuses specifically on removing loose crumbs from table surfaces

waiter's assistant

vscrumber

3.0

A person who helps waiters by setting tables, serving customers and clearing dishes

handles only crumb removal rather than serving or clearing full dishes

restaurant attendant

vscrumber

2.5

A person who serves guests and shows them to their table in a restaurant

is limited to cleaning small debris from tabletops rather than guest service

dining-room attendant

vscrumber

3.5

A person who serves food and helps guests in a dining room

focuses narrowly on sweeping away crumbs instead of general guest duties

How Clean

cleaner

51 1.0

busser

1 4.3

crumber

1 9.3

headwaiter

1 4.2

server

60 2.0

Surface Forms

crumber singular

crumbers plural

Morphology

crumber = crumb (transparent) = crumb + er

The word is a regular '-er' formation from 'crumb', referring to a person associated with removing crumbs.

Etymology

Crumber comes from crumb ('small piece of bread') plus the ending -er that means 'one who does something'. So a crumber is literally someone who clears away crumbs from a table, which is why it names the person who removes crumbs in a restaurant.