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Definition of shipping clerk
: one who is employed in a shipping room to assemble, pack, and send out or receive goods
Examples of shipping clerk in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Interaction is limited to waves and gestures, some pleasantries with shipping clerks, small talk at the truck stop.
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John Branch, BostonGlobe.com, "Alone on the road, a trucker’s long haul as America fights the virus," 28 Mar. 2020 After a stint in naval college, Gou became a shipping clerk.
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Charlie Campbell/tianan, Time, "Foxconn Founder Terry Gou Wants to be Taiwan’s President—and a Go-Between for U.S. and China," 11 July 2019 Her father worked as a shipping clerk at the nearby University of California, and her mother was a secretary at a law firm.
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Harrison Smith, Washington Post, "Davida Coady, physician who treated refugees and helped eradicate smallpox in India, dies at 80," 13 May 2018 Her father, David, a former coal miner in Scotland, worked as a shipping clerk and forklift operator for the University of California, Berkeley.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, "Dr. Davida Coady, Medical Missionary, Is Dead at 80," 11 May 2018 Carl worked for many years as a shipping clerk before retiring from New Britain Machine in 1990.
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courant.com, "Carl H. Kozlowski," 4 Mar. 2018 Gloria had worked as a shipping clerk at the former Stafford Printers for several years.
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Hartford Courant, courant.com, "Gloria T. Panciera," 24 Feb. 2018 The groom’s mother, who is retired, was a nurse at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital in Wheaton, Ill. His father, who is retired, was a shipping clerk for Allied Tube and Conduit, a pipe supplier in Harvey, Ill.
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Stephanie Stiff, New York Times, "Stephanie Stiff, Chad Ellimoottil," 1 Oct. 2017
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The first known use of shipping clerk was circa 1858
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