burger-flipper

plural burger-flippers

1. alternativeAlternative form of burger flipper.

   He was a dedicated burger-flipper at St. Peters Parish Picnic for many years.

   2019 June 12, Shuda Funeral Services and Crematory, “[Obituaries] Richard ‘Dick’ Pudroski”, in Stevens Point Journal, volume 147, number 163, Stevens Point, Wis., page 2A, column 1

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   The lure of fast money over $6 as a burger-flipper is sometimes hard to resist.

   1989, Al Quint, “Mordred”, in Suburban Voice, number 28, Lynn, Mass., column 2

   I know it’s about as far from being a film star as a burger-flipper is from being a Michelin-star chef, but at least we’ll be busy for the next month and they’ll be paying us so I won’t need to bug Mum and Dad for money any more.

   2008, Judy May [pseudonym; Judymay Murphy], “Day Eleven”, in Diamond Star Girl, Dublin: The O’Brien Press, →ISBN, page 52

   I worked as a burger-flipper for a month, but in that time the trousers continually looked like they had been sprayed on.

   2014, Dan Walker with Gershon Portnoi, “The Most Dangerous Jobs in Football”, in Dan Walker’s Football Thronkersaurus: Football’s Finest Tales, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 8

   My age and the length of my unemployment, not to mention my professional past, precludes me from working as a burger-flipper or salesperson.

   2015 December 21–28, Molotov Cocktail, Anyone? [pseudonym], “Asking for a Friend: Love and Class War”, in The Nation, volume 301, numbers 25–26, New York, N.Y., page 5, column 2

   As the COVID-19 virus grows into a global threat, I can’t help but think about all the baristas, burger-flippers, train operators and janitors of the world — all the hard-working people across America who might go into work sick because they have to.

   2020 March 17, Robin Carver, “In a pandemic, service workers need paid sick leave”, in Arizona Daily Star, volume 179, number 77, Tucson, Ariz., page A4, columns 3–4