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Short order

noun

An order for food that can be prepared quickly.

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"Short order" Quotes from Famous Books

... a bucket of water we'll be ready in short order. I've got to wash up. I'm as dirty as a ...

— A Voyage with Captain Dynamite • Charles Edward Rich

... brief time, the tug was lying alongside and the stores transferred to the schooner's hold in short order. A dozen or more catlike sailors assisted the crew of the tug, ...

— Ralph Granger's Fortunes • William Perry Brown

... will usually require a weight in addition to the weight of the body. Carry a stone or other heavy object in diving. Then when wishing to rise to the surface, drop it and push against the bottom with the feet. This will send the swimmer to the surface in short order. ...

— Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts • Girl Scouts

... clothing, and food for every one. Here is the great criminal waste of our times. In America our waste is less flagrant, but it is steadily increasing. We throw away money enough in these fratricidal preparations to cover the country with excellent roads in short order, or give every child a ...

— Problems of Conduct • Durant Drake

... nowadays is a good place for lazy-bones," agreed the officer. A queer look came over his face. "We are picking up all the single men we can." He leaned on the desk and spoke as one man to another. "You see we found that the army had to be doubled in short order and the only way to do it was to insist on compulsory enlistment. That's the reason," he continued calmly, "that you are now a private ...

— Shelled by an Unseen Foe • James Fiske

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