soda jerk

noun

A person who works at a soda fountain.

Meanings

nounsoda jerk (plural soda jerks)

plural soda jerks

  1. 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 Stories

    Synonyms: soda jerker

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA person who works at a soda fountain.

More synonyms by meaning

nounsomeone who works at a soda fountain

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Chicago

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