shop assistant
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shop assistant
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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The disappearance of coffee shop assistant Henrietta and hotel house keeper Eliza sparked a major search operation last month.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2025
Geraldine Breslin was a 43-year-old married mother who worked as a shop assistant at Watterson's drapers.
From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025
A shop assistant levels up on a smartphone game.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
Barnor pointed out a 1971 photograph of a shop assistant outside the newly established Sick-Hagemeyer color-processing laboratory in Accra.
From New York Times • Jun. 30, 2023
The shop assistant looked toward them more frequently now, but luckily a party of tourists came in and kept her busy for the time being.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
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