counterjumper

[ koun-ter-juhm-per ]

nounSlang: Older Use.

a clerk in a retail store.

Origin of counterjumper

First recorded in 1820–30; counter¹ + jumper¹

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How to use counterjumper in a sentence

Harry was not going to take the trouble to hunt up a fellow who had become what he superciliously termed a mere counter-jumper.
The Luck of Gerard Ridgeley | Bertram Mitford
Mr. Brown will tell our soda-jerker or counter-jumper exactly how to elevate himself by mental machinery.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition | Upton Sinclair
No, sir, I'm a democrat, and I still don't believe that Sunday could convert one average navvy or counter-jumper.
The Man Who Was Thursday | G. K. Chesterton
A counter-jumper thinks he can lunge, because he is spry, that he can touch a button because he sells them.
The Strollers | Frederic S. Isham
And that counter-jumper, Mosely, I'll wager he too thinks himself first favorite for the heiress.
One Of Them | Charles James Lever

British Dictionary definitions for counter jumper

counter jumper

noun

old-fashioned, derogatory a sales assistant in a shop

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