stocker

[ stok-er ]

/ ˈstɒk ər /

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noun

a person or thing that stocks.

a young steer or heifer that is fed chiefly pasture or other roughage prior to more intensive feeding.Compare feeder (def. 4).

Informal. stock car.

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Origin of stocker

First recorded in 1635–45; stock + -er¹

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stock clerk, stock company, stock culture, stock dividend, stock dove, stocker, stock exchange, stock farm, stockfish, stock footage, stock guard

How to use stocker in a sentence

Meanwhile, the company’s cashiers, stockers and other front-line workers entered the “new, deadlier phase of the pandemic earning some of the lowest wages in the industry,” the report said.
Kroger to close more stores instead of giving workers hazard pay|Eli Rosenberg|February 17, 2021|Washington Post
Meet the store manager, the affable Jeremy Smith, who worked his way up from produce stocker over his 17-year career.
Walmart Protesters Tell One Story, and Employees Tell Another|Winston Ross|September 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Mr. Stocker slipped his hand into his pocket, and brought out a small gold coin.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon
Women had been known to do remarkable things, and to get their names into books and newspapers; not so Julia Stocker.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon

Incidentally it may be mentioned that Mr. Edward Stocker had "a little property" and that Mrs. Stocker looked after it.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon
First Mrs. Stocker, with a toss of the head and much rustling of skirts; followed obediently by her husband.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon
So Mr. Edward Stocker, with a protesting glance at the others, led the way, and Mrs. Stocker followed.
The Cruise of the Make-Believes|Tom Gallon

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