shipping clerk

collocation in English

meaningsofshippingandclerk

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shipping
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/us
/ˈʃɪp.ɪŋ/
ships considered as ...
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clerk
noun[C]
uk
/klɑːk/us
/klɝːk/
a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general ...
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(Definition ofshippingandclerkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A firm going in for export business must, moreover, have ashippingclerkwho knows something about it.
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Each gang has a registered tally man, who makes details of the discharge which he then passes to theshippingclerkat the end of the day.
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The paper-work is being done by ashippingclerk, who is a registered dock worker and who is also responsible for all of the transport arrangements.
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He worked as ashippingclerkuntil he was appointed state registrar of elections in 1865.
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He returned to become ashippingclerkand waterside worker before resuming his political career.
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After he was demobilized he worked in an insurance company and as ashippingclerk, while preparing himself for college.
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Before being so recruited, she had been working as ashippingclerkand teaching piano.
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He attended the public schools, and became ashippingclerkin a dry-goods house in 1860.
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Flanagan worked in a shoe store after his parliamentary defeat, and later became ashippingclerk.
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Facing discrimination that he had rarely encountered as a soldier, he worked in the ensuing years as a tram conductor, a foundry worker, and ashippingclerk.
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Skakel began his career as a railroadshippingclerkearning $8 a week.
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Claessens went to work at age 14 and worked variously as a newsboy, grocery clerk, andshippingclerk.
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