Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Leonard Kriegel was born in the Bronx on May 25, 1933, a son of European Jewish immigrants, Fred Kriegel, a deli counterman, and Sylvia (Breittholz) Kriegel, a homemaker.—Margalit Fox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022 For decades, stoic countermen at the Milwaukee Avenue sandwich shop plied a steady but disordered scrum of adherents with cafe con leche and Cubano, steak, and medianoche sandwiches.—Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 June 2018 Consult with the counterman at the auto paint store for the appropriate products.—John Decker, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2017 In the movie, Mortensen's quick-thinking proprietor, Tom Stall, makes good use of the counterman's friend – a pot of scalding coffee – to disable one of the thugs long enough to grab his gun.—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2005
Share