Meanings
nounsoda jerker (plural soda jerkers)
plural soda jerkers
- USarchaicA soda jerk.
They tell me ice cream junkies are all the same / All the soda jerkers know my name
1983, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “I Love Rocky Road”, in "Weird Al" Yankovic1 more example
Dear kindly social worker / They say go earn a buck / Like be a soda jerker / Which means like be a schmuck.
1957, Stephen Sondheim, “Gee Officer Krupke”, in West Side Story
Synonyms & antonyms
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