counter jumper

noun

Harry was not going to take the trouble to hunt up a fellow who had become what he superciliously termed a mere counter-jumper.

Mr. Brown will tell our soda-jerker or counter-jumper exactly how to elevate himself by mental machinery.

No, sir, I'm a democrat, and I still don't believe that Sunday could convert one average navvy or counter-jumper.

A counter-jumper thinks he can lunge, because he is spry, that he can touch a button because he sells them.

And that counter-jumper, Mosely, I'll wager he too thinks himself first favorite for the heiress.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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