file clerk
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of file clerk
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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The Los Angeles Police Department wasn’t hiring, so he worked as a file clerk at Northrop Aircraft temporarily and eventually began opening training schools for martial arts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 20, 2026
David Super, a professor at Georgetown University Law Center, told the BBC that he believes Mr Trump's lawyers are likely to argue that the former president was just a "really bad file clerk".
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2023
When she met Ed in 1938, he was working a New Deal gig as a file clerk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2021
I graduated when I was 16 and got a job as a file clerk.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2021
She skipped the office jobs knowing she’d have to start as a file clerk again.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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