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stock boy

Or stockboy

noun

  1. a boy or man responsible for replenishing stock, as on the shelves of a grocery store.



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In 1978, 15-year-old Robert Piest landed a job as a stock boy at Nisson pharmacy in Chicago, Illinois.

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Don Michalsky, 73, said he has eaten at the Pekin since he worked as a stock boy at Woolworth’s more than 60 years ago.

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In the summer of 1957, when I was 15, I was hitchhiking to my part-time job as a stock boy at the Guess Your Age stand at Glen Echo Amusement Park.

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To help pay for his sweater where his letter would be displayed, Mr. Ammiano worked extra hours as a stock boy.

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I’ve seen these contraptions in action, and it reminded me of a grocery store stock boy putting adhesive price labels on cans of French-cut green beans.

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