burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
clerc — Laurent [loh-rahn] /loʊˈrɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1785–1869, French educator of the deaf, in the U.S. after 1816.
clerk — A clerk is a person who works in an office, bank, or law court and whose job is to look after the records or accounts.
perk — to become lively, cheerful, or vigorous, as after depression or sickness (usually followed by up): The patients all perked up when we played the piano for them.
quirk — a peculiarity of action, behavior, or personality; mannerism: He is full of strange quirks.
shirk — to evade (work, duty, responsibility, etc.).
smirk — to smile in an affected, smug, or offensively familiar way.
cirque — a semicircular or crescent-shaped basin with steep sides and a gently sloping floor formed in mountainous regions by the erosive action of a glacier
desk clerk — A desk clerk is someone who works at the main desk in a hotel.
field work — Also, field work. work done in the field, as research, exploration, surveying, or interviewing: archaeological fieldwork.
file clerk — an office employee whose principal work is to file and retrieve papers, records, etc.
grand turk — an island in the Turks and Caicos Islands of the West Indies. 7 miles (11 km) long.
overwork — to cause to work too hard, too much, or too long; weary or exhaust with work (often used reflexively): Don't overwork yourself on that new job.
room clerk — a clerk at a hotel who assigns rooms to guests, keeps the guest register, sorts the incoming mail, etc.
town clerk — a town official who keeps records and issues licenses.
young turk — a member of a Turkish reformist and nationalist party that was founded in the latter part of the 19th century and was the dominant political party in Turkey in the period 1908–18.
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booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
clean and jerk — a lift in which a barbell is raised from the floor to shoulder height where it is brought to rest and then, with a lunging movement by the lifter, is thrust overhead so the arms extend straight in the air, being held in this position for a short, specified length of time.
filing clerk — an employee who maintains office files
out of work — exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something; labor; toil.
piece of work — a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
shipping clerk — a clerk who attends to the packing, unpacking, receiving, sending out, and recording of shipments.
social work — organized work directed toward the betterment of social conditions in the community, as by seeking to improve the condition of the poor, to promote the welfare of children, etc.
soda jerk — a person who prepares and serves sodas and ice cream at a soda fountain.
tally clerk — a person, esp on a wharf or dock or in an airport, who checks the count of goods being loaded or unloaded
welfare work — the efforts or programs of an agency, community, business organization, etc., to improve living conditions, increase job opportunities, secure hospitalization, and the like, for needy persons within its jurisdiction.
