to clerk
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3.5
- verb
- /klɜrk/
:
trabajar como empleado
- After graduating, she decided to clerk for a judge to gain legal experience.
- clerked for a law
- clerked for a judge
They're going to be judges, they're going to clerk on the Supreme Court.
- They're going to be judges, they're going to clerk on the Supreme Court.
- He started something called the Internet and a Center for Internet and Society, you clerk for Justice Scalia.
- He said he clerked for a few years at a law firm that I don't think the law firm is real.
Examples
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I clerked for a Supreme Court Justice.
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I start clerking next month.
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If anyone who is not already working on Election Day is willing to clerk, that would be great.
Blog text (3) -
You go to this fine institution, you do well, you clerk for a judge or you work in the government.
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Do you think... it would be better to me to clerk with the supreme court when I get out?
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I know you been clerking for the last two months.
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Should I clerk in Richardson's store?
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But I know you met your wife while clerking for Chief Justice Roberts, right?
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During the year and a half following law school, he clerked for Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson.
Academic text (2007) -
And after graduating from Yale Law School with honors, Dave clerked for Justice Souter on the United States Supreme Court.
Compounds
14
2.1
A person who works at a hotel's front desk and helps guests with check-ins and questions
2
2.0
A person at a hotel's front desk who greets guests and handles check-ins and check-outs
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb clerk comes from the same root as cleric and the noun clerk, and it simply means to work as that person. So to 'clerk' is to do the office, legal, or sales tasks a clerk does, like keeping records or helping at court.