bank clerks
- plural of bank clerk.
Example Sentences
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"These were farmers, hairdressers, bank-clerks who came willingly to fight this war, and then died in a way that we cannot begin to comprehend," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2021
Consequently, bank-clerks or nonconformist clergymen or even school-teachers having failed to come forward, Matilda had begun to give up all idea of ever leaving the Pottery House.
From England, My England by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)
No more expensive paint-boxes and toys for Franky; Bessie and darling Deleah in shabby hats; Bernard without pocket-money, made a banker's clerk, perhaps—she had heard her husband say bank-clerks had no prospects, poor beggars!
From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mann, Mary E.
There were plenty of young men and youths, Max's companion bank-clerks were among them, clear-eyed, keen-faced fellows whom the Lanes liked upon sight and were glad to entertain both for Max's sake and their own.
From Strawberry Acres by Richmond, Grace S. (Grace Smith)
And the possibility of a highly decorous marriage with a curate or a bankclerk, followed by the pleasing result of a family of little curates or little bank-clerks.
From Ziska by Corelli, Marie
