Meanings
plural soda jerks
- USdatedidiomaticA person who works at a soda fountain.
Looking at it, serenely topping that crazy-quilt house, I had the impression of its being an outrageously squashed cherry topping, the whipped cream of as madly a concocted sundae that a soda jerk ever made. A pleasant impression.
1943 January, John York Cabot, “Rats in the Belfry”, in Amazing StoriesSynonyms: soda jerker
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person who works at a soda fountain.
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soda jerk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/soda%20jerk
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