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Leonard Kriegel was born in the Bronx on May 25, 1933, a son of European Jewish immigrants, Fred Kriegel, a deli counterman, and Sylvia (Breittholz) Kriegel, a homemaker.
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Margalit Fox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
As a student, Mr. Chirac attended a summer course at Harvard in 1953 and worked at a Howard Johnson’s in Boston, starting as a dishwasher and working his way up to counterman.
—New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019
In all fairness, the counterman tried to up-sell us to a Kumho tire that was only about $25 more expensive.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2010
For decades, stoic countermen at the Milwaukee Avenue sandwich shop plied a steady but disordered scrum of adherents with cafe con leche and Cubano, steak, and medianoche sandwiches.
—Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 June 2018
In the movie, Mortensen's quick-thinking proprietor, Tom Stall, makes good use of the counterman's friend – a pot of scalding coffee – to disable one of the thugs long enough to grab his gun.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2005
Consult with the counterman at the auto paint store for the appropriate products.
—John Decker, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2017
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Margalit Fox, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
As a student, Mr. Chirac attended a summer course at Harvard in 1953 and worked at a Howard Johnson’s in Boston, starting as a dishwasher and working his way up to counterman.
—New York Times, 26 Sep. 2019
In all fairness, the counterman tried to up-sell us to a Kumho tire that was only about $25 more expensive.
—Mike Allen, Popular Mechanics, 16 July 2010
For decades, stoic countermen at the Milwaukee Avenue sandwich shop plied a steady but disordered scrum of adherents with cafe con leche and Cubano, steak, and medianoche sandwiches.
—Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 3 June 2018
In the movie, Mortensen's quick-thinking proprietor, Tom Stall, makes good use of the counterman's friend – a pot of scalding coffee – to disable one of the thugs long enough to grab his gun.
—Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Oct. 2005
Consult with the counterman at the auto paint store for the appropriate products.
—John Decker, Popular Mechanics, 7 Feb. 2017
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“Counterman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/counterman. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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