zookeeper
Americannoun
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Origin of zookeeper
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“She’s become a bit of a national treasure,” one zookeeper said.
From Salon • Jul. 13, 2025
"He is such a lovely animal. He is unique. I've been a zookeeper for 15 years and there is no one else like him," he said.
From BBC • Oct. 10, 2024
It was during this era that Maurice Rodrigues, then a part-time zookeeper at the Bronx Zoo, first encountered Goode.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2024
She is survived by eight chicks, the loving staff at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, and by Chris Crowe, a human zookeeper whom Walnut regarded as her mate for nearly 20 years.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2024
Maniac had at last gone to tell someone, the zookeeper, and from then on he pretty much stayed out of the way.
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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