A person who works behind a counter serving customers, especially in a shop or casual restaurant.
you tell one of several countermen your order, then he makes the sundae
Example sentencesExamples
The counterman replies, "Well, I'm a working man..."
Looking around the nearly empty store, the countermen quietly chatting with each other in Polish, it was hard to imagine the place packed with customers.
The world knew me only as a counterman in an all-night Coney Island cafeteria.
"No extra bread tonight," I hear another counterman tell a customer.
Most of the countermen and chefs were let go; a few were offered jobs in the new store at a substantial pay cut.
Everyone stared as the counterman gulped and began assembling my creation.
The streets were a black shade of dark this time of night, thought the counterman.
"Two slices," I said to the counterman, pointing to what looked like normal pizza.
Decked out in the clean white butcher's apron synonymous with self-respecting deli countermen everywhere, he offered up a cupful of his homemade potato salad.
As I waited at the counter for my takeout order, the numerous countermen were busy filling orders for the restaurant patrons.
Definition of counterman in US English:
counterman
nounˈkaʊn(t)ərmənˈkoun(t)ərmən
A person who works behind a counter serving customers, especially in a store or casual restaurant.
you tell one of several countermen your order, then he makes the sundae
Example sentencesExamples
"Two slices," I said to the counterman, pointing to what looked like normal pizza.
Decked out in the clean white butcher's apron synonymous with self-respecting deli countermen everywhere, he offered up a cupful of his homemade potato salad.
The counterman replies, "Well, I'm a working man..."
Everyone stared as the counterman gulped and began assembling my creation.
Looking around the nearly empty store, the countermen quietly chatting with each other in Polish, it was hard to imagine the place packed with customers.
"No extra bread tonight," I hear another counterman tell a customer.
The world knew me only as a counterman in an all-night Coney Island cafeteria.
Most of the countermen and chefs were let go; a few were offered jobs in the new store at a substantial pay cut.
The streets were a black shade of dark this time of night, thought the counterman.
As I waited at the counter for my takeout order, the numerous countermen were busy filling orders for the restaurant patrons.