Meaning of stockboy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A young stockman raising livestock.
2. A young stocker, an employee at a store stocking shelves; an entry-level retail employee.

Examples

“He spoke quietly, in a rather cultured voice, saying, "Your brother Mark⟳ gave Jock one of his halfcaste piccaninnies for a stock-boy. […]"”

“He had graduated from Cregier High School two months earlier and quickly landed a job as a stockboy at Order⟳ from Horder, a stationery store chain.”

“Excuse⟳ me, but is this huge application necessary? Listing job experience⟳ — what experience⟳ is crucial for being a stock⟳ boy?”

“When an aunt who was an actress helped him find⟳ a job in the William Morris mailroom, where would-be agents traditionally start⟳, the salary was not enough to support⟳ him, so he took a second job working as a stockboy at a Macy’s in New Jersey.”

“A marvelous photograph by Fred McDarrah shows Andy [Warhol] standing among his boxes, like⟳ a stock⟳ boy in the stockroom, his pasty face⟳ looking out at us.”

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