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The Women in Black is not a cheering title, but in Madeleine St John’s novel the characters are not in mourning; they are salesladies in a 1950s department store in Sydney.

From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2020

Flying home from Flagstaff after his encounter with old Quichotte, he was sad, and not even the ministrations of all six salesladies simultaneously could blow away his blues.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 22, 2019

There were "salesladies," stenographers, clerks, bond-salesmen, mers." commuters, There street were sheiks, idlers, "representatives "bum of 23 organizations"�chiefly athletic clubs and life insurance companies.

From Time Magazine Archive

Most unusual performance: the boy friend of one of the salesladies, played�mostly at the piano, fortunately�by Eugene List, the G.I. pianist who entertained Truman, Churchill, Stalin and other notables at the Potsdam Conference.

From Time Magazine Archive

The salesladies and Mrs. Walton decide I should wear the green, pink, and blue striped silk blouse with pearl buttons and matching blue silk skirt for the interview portion of the pageant.

From "Like Vanessa" by Tami Charles