soda jerk
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of soda jerk
1910–15, soda jerk shortened form of earlier (1880–85) soda jerker
Example Sentences
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Born in Nebraska and raised in South Dakota, Leahy worked in his youth as a cowhand, a soda jerk and a clerk in a trading post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
At 17, the former drugstore soda jerk was hired at $25 a week to work the 4-11 p.m. shift at radio station WPLI.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
Pharmacist-owner Michele Belcher was a soda jerk starting in middle school after her parents bought the Grants Pass Pharmacy from the original owner in 1973.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
Instead he saved $35 in earnings as a soda jerk to take seven flying lessons.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2023
The waiters have those soda jerk caps set at an angle, and the right haircuts, a close shave up the back of the neck.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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