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counterman

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coun·ter·man  (kountr-mn, -mn)
n.
A man who tends a counter, as in a diner.
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Noun1.counterman - someone who attends a counter (as in a diner)
counterperson, counterwoman
soda jerk, soda jerker - someone who works at a soda fountain
server, waiter - a person whose occupation is to serve at table (as in a restaurant)
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But when the counterman refuses to wait on him, making clear that, as Brew has insisted all along, he is black, Piri "smashed [his fist] on the counter with all my Puerto Rican black man's strength" (186), once again embracing the dual identification as Puerto Rican and as black, rather than positing, as he does at other times, that the first rules out the second.
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