booking clerk
Americannoun
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a person who sells tickets, as for a train or plane.
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a person who arranges and lists passage for persons, baggage, and goods.
Etymology
Origin of booking clerk
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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He was being held without bond, and a jail booking clerk said he would remain there until a court appearance Tuesday.
From Washington Times
A jail booking clerk says he’ll remain there until a court appearance Tuesday.
From Seattle Times
Jackson says the man was arrested on domestic violence charges and at the station cut the booking clerk’s throat with a box-cutter-type blade.
From Seattle Times
To each of them, with his or her ticket, the booking clerk pushed over a little cardboard pillbox.
From Literature
Another, a booking clerk on German railways from 1970-1991, thanks them for bringing back "my bible."
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