At 13, he dropped out of school to work as a soda jerk.
No one was in it but the soda jerk.
He was put to work as a soda jerk.
He occupied a special place in the hearts of Village residents since the day a soda jerk brought him around.
He also worked a string of odd jobs, from soda jerk to singer.
Thus, the etymology of the word is similar to the more American term "soda jerk".
One of his first jobs was as a soda jerk.
He spent his teenage years as an art student and soda jerk, along with other odd jobs.
"My first job was as a soda jerk," he says, using the English words.
He was just a soda jerk, as we called them at the time.