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Clerk   /klərk/   Listen
Clerk

noun
1.
An employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts).
2.
A salesperson in a store.  Synonyms: salesclerk, shop assistant, shop clerk.
verb
1.
Work as a clerk, as in the legal business.



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"Clerk" Quotes from Famous Books



... are." He threw open a door which revealed a bald-headed clerk seated at a desk in a little bare room. "Billy, here's a gent that cracked it the first whack and started his gun from the ...
— The Seventh Man • Max Brand
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... molasses as possible his wife came in to relieve him of tending the store, as was her custom. She had had an early supper, and was to remain in the place until Mr. Hodge had also satisfied his appetite. By this arrangement there was no need of hiring a clerk. They lived in some rooms ...
— Bob the Castaway • Frank V. Webster
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... it be there. I have had whisky enough. This damned fellow Northway soon called upon them, and was allowed to come as often as he liked. He was a clerk in a commercial house—gave references which were found to be satisfactory enough, a great talker, and of course a consummate liar. His special interest was the condition of the lower classes; he made speeches ...
— Denzil Quarrier • George Gissing
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... history of our first parents—Adam tilling the ground; Cain ploughing the earth, and Abel attending sheep; Adam and Eve discovering the body of Abel—by Mr. Cottingham: presented by Mr. Bacon, Clerk of the Works to the Dean and Chapter, as ...
— Ely Cathedral • Anonymous
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... says the clerk, and steps back to continue his chat with the snub-nosed young lady at the ...
— Wilt Thou Torchy • Sewell Ford
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