counterjumper

[ koun-ter-juhm-per ]

noun

, Slang: Older Use.

1. a clerk in a retail store.

Word History and Origins

Origin of counterjumper¹

First recorded in 1820–30; counter ¹ + jumper ¹

Example Sentences

Uncle Matthew had said that he broke the window as a protest against a counterjumper's traffic in a nation's grief.

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