shop assistant

noun British.

a store clerk.

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

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Examples from the Web for shop assistant

Any young lawyer, shopkeeper, or clerk, or shop-assistant can keep himself in good condition if he tries.
Theodore Roosevelt|Theodore Roosevelt
I think it's pretty rotten for a fellow like you to go about with a shop-assistant, but that's not really the thing.
The Lonely Unicorn|Alec Waugh
She guessed that the shop-assistant must have found it, and placed it conspicuously on the counter.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
How curious then that Miss Affleck should now be compelled to make her own living as a shop-assistant!
Fan|W.H. Hudson (AKA Henry Harford)

I reflected that I had done my share toward forming the opinions, the mental attitude of that young clerk or shop-assistant.
The Message|Alec John Dawson

British Dictionary definitions for shop assistant

shop assistant

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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shop assistant

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