shipping clerk

noun

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

Origin of shipping clerk

First recorded in 1855–60

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Examples from the Web for shipping clerk

Historical Examples of shipping clerk

She watched every movement and checked off each sack like a shipping-clerk.
They of the High Trails
Hamlin Garland
Why don't he let the shipping-clerk do up the packing-cases?
Worrying Won't Win
Montague Glass
Ten minutes later he was approached by Jake, the shipping-clerk.
Potash & Perlmutter
Montague Glass
It was the duty of the shipping-clerk to check off the freight as it was brought ashore.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Volume 11 (of 14)
Elbert Hubbard
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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