Stockboy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stockboy is a noun meaning A young stockman raising livestock.
Meaning
A young stockman raising livestock.
More Meanings
- A young stocker, an employee at a store stocking shelves; an entry-level retail employee.
Example Sentences
Excuse me, but is this huge application necessary? Listing job experience — what experience is crucial for being a stock boy?
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.
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.
Word Forms
- stockboys
- stock boy
- stock-boy
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stock-boy, stockman, stockgrower, stockperson, stockkeeper, stockmanship.
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