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stocker

[ stok-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that stocks.
a young steer or heifer that is fed chiefly pasture or other roughage prior to more intensive feeding. Compare feeder ( def 4 ).
Informal. stock car.

Origin of stocker¹

First recorded in 1635–45; stock + -er ¹

Meet the store manager, the affable Jeremy Smith, who worked his way up from produce stocker over his 17-year career.

Mr. Stocker slipped his hand into his pocket, and brought out a small gold coin.

Women had been known to do remarkable things, and to get their names into books and newspapers; not so Julia Stocker.

Incidentally it may be mentioned that Mr. Edward Stocker had "a little property" and that Mrs. Stocker looked after it.

First Mrs. Stocker, with a toss of the head and much rustling of skirts; followed obediently by her husband.

So Mr. Edward Stocker, with a protesting glance at the others, led the way, and Mrs. Stocker followed.

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