shipping clerk

noun

1. a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.

shipping clerk

noun

1. a person employed by a company to arrange, receive, record, and send shipments of goods

Word History and Origins

Origin of shipping clerk¹

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The shipping clerk, as he heads up his barrels and boxes, can be sending out and up his current of prayer.

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Genevieve—that yella-headed steno—was married last month to Henry, the shipping clerk.

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Just because he is assistant cutter here and I am only the shipping clerk he treats me like I would be the dirt under his feet.

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He tells me I should mind my own business and calls me such names which honestly I wouldn't call a shipping clerk even.

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Ebenezer is shipping-clerk with a good salary and stock in the concern; and Ralph is there, learning the trade.

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