filing clerk

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noun

an employee who maintains office files

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filiform, filiform bougie, filiform papilla, filigrain, filigree, filing clerk, filings, filiopietistic, Filipina, Filipino, Filipinx

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Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”
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Bob Cratchit, the clerk who is the father of Tiny Tim and who meekly serves Scrooge, is paid fifteen shillings a week.
How Dickens and Scrooge Saved Christmas|Clive Irving|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a way to be more available to needy souls outside the church, Williams took a clerk job at Walgreens pharmacy.
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But Bush has done exactly that, filing the papers for BH Global Aviation with the SEC right around Thanksgiving.
Be the Smarter Bush Brother, Jeb: Don’t Run!|Michael Tomasky|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

On October 5, 2013, Wilson pointed a pistol at a postal clerk.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“You appear to feel it so,” rejoined Mr. Pickwick, smiling at the clerk, who was literally red-hot.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
The office of clerk of the court is about to be sold, having been placed at fifteen hundred pesos.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various
Hilda suggested that the ticket-clerk should be interrogated, but the aperture of communication with him was shut.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
My father took me to the office in which I was to make a start and presented me to the chief clerk.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
Except the chief clerk, whose salary was about £160, I do not believe there was another whose pay exceeded £100 a year.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow

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