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sales clerks

  • plural
    of sales clerk.
    sales clerk
    noun
    a person who sells goods in a store.

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These included sales clerks, domestic staff, professionals such as lawyers and teachers, as well as a huge increase in transport workers on the canals and railways.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 4, 2024

Dear Carolyn: I’m in my early 70s and find that increasingly people — sales clerks, in particular — use terms of “instant intimacy,” like “my love,” “Sweetie,” “Dear,” “Honey.”

From Washington Post ● Jan. 15, 2023

Covid precautions have turned many parts of our world into a giant salad bar, with plastic barriers separating sales clerks from shoppers, dividing customers at nail salons and shielding students from their classmates.

From New York Times ● Aug. 19, 2021

This year, they predict, will be the best summer for teenage lifeguards, ice cream scoopers and sales clerks since 2008; 31.5% of 16- to 19-year-olds will have jobs.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 6, 2021

People worked flexible jobs — at popcorn stands, in restaurants, as sales clerks, as aerobics instructors — with enough leftover time to make 27 plays.

From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2021

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