sales clerk
Americannoun
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Origin of sales clerk
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His father was a barber, and his mother was a sales clerk at dress shop, according to the Charlotte Observer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 2023
She started work at 14 as a sales clerk, before spending 34 years on the production line at a nearby Philips electronics factory, which closed 12 years ago.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
“It has made me a little hesitant,” said Powell, who was a sales clerk at a gas station before the pandemic and has seen his claim for unemployment benefits delayed more than 10 weeks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
“I’m just glad to be alive,” said Marva Stewart, 75, a retired sales clerk who has spent the last week and a half in a makeshift shelter at the Springs of Hope church in Quincy.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
She looked up to find the sales clerk staring at her, open-mouthed.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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