shop assistant
Americannoun
noun
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of shop assistant
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Promise Fulstow, a shop assistant at gift shop, U Melt Me, says the area is reliant on the people who come to visit and spend money.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
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
When the shop assistant from Bangor, County Down, first went missing, police said they could not rule out a crime.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2023
Turner saw a woman with a little girl at her side talking to a shop assistant who displayed a different shoe in the palm of each hand.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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