stock boy

noun

: a boy or man employed to stock shelves

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No wonder Daniel Radcliffe's stock boy fell for her during Wiig's final season as a cast member. Hillary Busis, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2024 Although the two had crossed paths during the 1980s, when Marc Jacobs was still a teenager working as a stock boy at the famous Charivari store on the Upper West Side and Anna Sui was a customer, their friendship officially began in the 1990s. Irene Kim, Vogue, 26 Mar. 2024

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First Known Use

1950, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stock boy was in 1950

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“Stock boy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stock%20boy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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