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short order † 
1 a meal or dish that can be prepared quickly and is cooked to order.
- 1899 [Advert.] Short orders at all times. The Regina.
2 † (used attributively) designating, preparing, or selling such meals.
- 1896 You can snooze in the morning with the assurance that you can get a nice short order breakfast until noon at the Hotel Slocan.
- 1912 Above the track stretched a row of log shacks calked with clay, and hanging out over the doors such rakish, home-made signs as: "Dad's Stopping-house"; "Short Order Resterant"; "Pool-room"; "The Old Man's Place," etc.
- 1966 The girl went away and held a hurried conference first with the short-order cook, then, on his advice, went to seek someone in the kitchen.
- 1899 [Advert.] Short orders at all times. The Regina.