customer's man
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of customer's man
An Americanism dating back to 1930–35
Example Sentences
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I spent only two years as a customer’s man, but in that short span I learned an immense amount about how the financial world works and doesn’t.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2017
Yes, before I became a financial reporter, I was what they used to call a customer’s man.
From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2017
Of late he had been working as a customer's man in a brokerage firm, but concealed the extent of his poverty even from his nearest friends.
From Time Magazine Archive
He knew no more about gun-making than a Wall Street customer's man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Early last week Hunt was tucking into a steak dinner in the Rib Room of London's Carlton Tower hotel when a Merrill Lynch customer's man seated near by spotted him.
From Time Magazine Archive
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