counterman
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Before he moved in the late 1960s to San Francisco, where he started acting at the American Conservatory Theater, he worked as a counterman at several New York delicatessens.
From New York Times ● Apr. 10, 2023
During the day, the 43-year-old is a counterman at a motorcycle shop.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 21, 2018
Walk into Miller’s Paints in Bangor, in the north of the county, and there are two examples: the owner, Duane Miller, 80, and the counterman, Dalton Tucker, 20.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 20, 2018
But from your counter seat, you can observe the counterman make egg creams the old-fashioned way, by spritzing rapidly stirred cold milk and syrup with a jet of seltzer from a bottle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2014
Mickey the counterman heard him and left off making a Coca-Cola.
From "The Cricket in Times Square" by George Selden
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Harvey was known for his Yiddish-speaking Puerto Rican countermen and for serving deliciously seasoned chopped meat on white bread.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2016
The politician asked the countermen at Town Hall to recreate the sandwich.
From New York Times ● Apr. 14, 2015
Mr. Addis and his two longtime countermen, Lewis Spada and Alex Ortiz, provide high-end, exceptional service in a low-key, familiar way.
From New York Times ● Mar. 5, 2011
It would be "inconvenient" to evacuate parts of cities, but Geiger countermen would be around to spot safe areas.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Arnie Weinstein took to frequenting the townie bars, where he attempted to discuss Marxist theory with hostile countermen.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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