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sales clerk

American  
[seylz klurk] / ˈseɪlz ˌklɜrk /
Or salesclerk

noun

  1. a person who sells goods in a store.


Etymology

Origin of sales clerk

First recorded in 1930–35; sales + clerk

Example Sentences

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I reached up to tussle his disheveled blond hair that is just like my mom’s, when I noticed a young 20-something sales clerk sneaking a glance at our tender moment.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Ms. Trepova previously attended St. Petersburg State University and worked as a sales clerk in a vintage shop there before moving to Moscow earlier this year, the friend said.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2023

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

“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

It was a woman, a sales clerk, no doubt.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

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