Etymology
Origin of stocker
Example Sentences
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They include a supermarket stocker who can’t afford to buy the groceries he puts on shelves, she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
Boasting everything from pickle and Caesar salad, to butter and even shiitake mushrooms, today's candy canes run the gamut of gag gifts and stocker stuffers to actually, surprisingly tasty treats.
From Salon • Dec. 17, 2022
Blevins had an interview and got hired on the spot as an overnight stocker, a job that included unloading trucks, Yeatts said.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2022
Adams -- a grocery stocker at Aldi and college student – had already been seeing a rheumatologist and physical therapist for a year because of painful partial dislocations in her hips and feet.
From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021
The barrel and lock next pass into the hands of the stocker.
From Rides on Railways by Sidney, Samuel
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