Dutch (Strijker): occupational name for someone whose
job was to fill level measures of grain by passing a flat stick over
the brim of the measure, thus removing any heaped excess.
Possibly an altered spelling of English Striker, or even an
Americanized spelling of German Streicher.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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