Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
soda\ jerk — • soda jerk • soda jerker noun informal A person who serves soda and ice cream to customers, usually in a drug store or ice cream parlor. Bob worked as a soda jerk at the drug store all summer. He is just a soda jerker with no future … Словарь американских идиом
Soda jerk — So da jerk, n. a person who serves soda, ice cream, similar foods from behind a {soda fountain}. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soda jerk — ☆ soda jerk n. [Old Slang] a person who works at a soda fountain: also soda jerker … English World dictionary
Soda jerk — A soda jerk (or soda jerker [cite book | last = Allen | first = Irving | title = The City in Slang | publisher = Oxford University Press | location = Oxford Oxfordshire | year = 1993 | isbn = 0195092651 ] ) was a person typically a youth who… … Wikipedia
soda jerk — or[soda jerker] {n.}, {informal} A person who serves soda and ice cream to customers, usually in a drug store or ice cream parlor. * /Bob worked as a soda jerk at the drug store all summer./ * /He is just a soda jerker with no future./ … Dictionary of American idioms
soda jerk — so′da jerk (or jerk er) n. inf a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain • Etymology: 1920–25 … From formal English to slang
soda jerk — Informal. a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain. Also, soda jerker. [1910 15, Amer.; shortened form of soda jerker] * * * … Universalium
soda jerk — noun someone who works at a soda fountain • Syn: ↑soda jerker • Hypernyms: ↑counterperson, ↑counterwoman, ↑counterman * * * noun, pl ⋯ jerks [count] US old fashioned : a person who prepares and serves drinks and ice cream at a soda fountain … Useful english dictionary
soda jerk — noun Date: 1922 a person who dispenses carbonated drinks and ice cream at a soda fountain called also soda jerker … New Collegiate Dictionary
soda jerk — noun A person who works at a soda fountain. Syn: soda jerker … Wiktionary
