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noun

a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.

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The Lion Air captain had left his rookie copilot to make the landing until he realized he was in trouble.
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Judge Hinkle said “the Constitution requires the Clerk to issue such licenses.”
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Pages from the Quran fluttered in the air before landing gently on the rubble.
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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.
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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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“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
In 1634 he also prohibited the landing of tobacco any where except at the quay near the custom house in London.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
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
I've been sailing one way for ever so long, because I don't know how to turn around; but there's a landing-place just ahead.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
There were machine guns here which wiped out the landing parties whenever they tried to get ashore North of the present line.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton