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Definition of Soda jerker
1. Noun. Someone who works at a soda fountain.
Definition of Soda jerker
1. Noun. (US archaic) A soda jerk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Soda Jerker
Literary usage of Soda jerker
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation by Upton Sinclair (1918)
"Imagine, if you please, a poor devil chained in the treadmill of the capitalist
system—a "soda-jerker", a "counter-jumper", a book-keeper for the Steel ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"... but how good is he as a salesman, a window-dresser, a soda-jerker, etc., etc.
These facts we all know are the existing state of affairs. ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"... a soda-jerker, etc., etc. These facts we all know are the existing state of
affairs. I therefore claim that from necessity it behooves the pharmacist of ..."
4. The Pocket Cyclopedia of Temperance by Clarence True Wilson (1916)
"A speculative "soda-jerker" hazarded the opinion that Kansas Avenue dispenses a
thousand gallons of buttermilk daily to citizens of this little town during ..."
5. Child Welfare in North Carolina by National Child Labor Committee (U.S.), Wiley Hampton Swift (1918)
"An 11-year-old boy was attending school in the daytime and working as "soda
jerker" after school and evenings. His work hours were from 3 to 11:30 every ..."
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