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 ● Mar. 27, 2018
Sushant Rane, booking clerk at the Mehul Theater, which was vandalized by protesters Tuesday, said they were unsure of the film's screening.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2010
She got Bill on as a $100-a-month booking clerk at the old Fourth District police station, in the heart of Kansas City's Irish district.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And I want it understood," he told the British booking clerk, "that there are to be no special arrangements whatever."
From Time Magazine Archive
To each of them, with his or her ticket, the booking clerk pushed over a little cardboard pillbox.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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