shipping clerk

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noun

a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.

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Origin of shipping clerk

First recorded in 1855–60

Words nearby shipping clerk

shipper, shippie, shipping, shipping agent, shipping articles, shipping clerk, shipping fever, shipping lane, shipping room, shipping ton, shippon

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How to use shipping clerk in a sentence

The shipping clerk, as he heads up his barrels and boxes, can be sending out and up his current of prayer.
Quiet Talks with World Winners|S. D. Gordon
Genevieve—that yella-headed steno—was married last month to Henry, the shipping clerk.
Roast Beef, Medium|Edna Ferber
Just because he is assistant cutter here and I am only the shipping clerk he treats me like I would be the dirt under his feet.
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass
He tells me I should mind my own business and calls me such names which honestly I wouldn't call a shipping clerk even.
Elkan Lubliner, American|Montague Glass

Ebenezer is shipping-clerk with a good salary and stock in the concern; and Ralph is there, learning the trade.
Stories of a Western Town|Octave Thanet

British Dictionary definitions for shipping clerk

shipping clerk

noun

a person employed by a company to arrange, receive, record, and send shipments of goods

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