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sacker

sacker

3.1
A person who puts groceries into bags at checkout
  • noun
  • /ˈsækər/
  • Jargon
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  • At the supermarket, the sacker helped me by organizing my items into bags efficiently.

Examples

  • The sacker quickly put my groceries into bags after I finished checking out.

  • As I approached the counter, the sacker greeted me with a smile while packing my groceries.

  • So like if I'm at Walmart and there's a big line, this is when they had sackers, like when they had people that did your groceries like a checker.

Synonyms

bagger
vssacker
  • US
4 2.5

A person who puts groceries into bags for customers

is the same role but expressed with a different informal term
packer
vssacker
3 3.0

A person who puts goods into boxes for storage or transport

focuses instead on putting items into bags at store checkout
packager
vssacker
1 3.5

A person or machine that puts products into boxes and wraps them for sale

refers to a person who packs groceries by hand at store checkout for customers

Compounds

first sacker
  • Jargon
1 7.3

A player who stands at first base and catches throws to get batters out

second sacker
  • Jargon
7.3

A baseball player who plays at second base

third sacker
  • Jargon
7.9

A baseball player who defends third base

Surface Forms

sacker singular
sackers plural

Morphology

sacker = sack (transparent) = sack + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'sack' meaning to bag items; direct and predictable for learners.

Etymology

Sacker comes from the noun sack ('bag'), so it simply names a person who puts things into bags. That is why a supermarket sacker is the person who bags your shopping.