shop assistant

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noun British.

a store clerk.

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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

Words nearby shop assistant

shoot through, shoot-up, shop, shopaholic, shop around, shop assistant, shopbot, shopcraft, Shope, shopfitter, shop floor

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Example sentences from the Web for shop assistant

Faruqui had already dropped out of school, and worked as a shop assistant, selling utensils.
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The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.
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Finding the shop is a trip in itself and an introduction to a slice of history.
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I suspect [Teresa] will get money sent in to her, so she can shop at the commissary.
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Thankfully, his assistant knows these roads like the back of his hand.
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The rapid rise of the sharing economy is changing the way people around the world commute, shop, vacation, and borrow.
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But at the instant I caught a sight of my counterfeit presentment in a shop window, and veiled my haughty crest.
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Then a fat, untidy old man appeared in the doorway of a cubicle within the shop, and Edwin Clayhanger blushed.
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She wore a little red hood, and looked wistfully after Davy as the shop went out of sight.
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Robin Hood stared at him for a moment with a puzzled expression, and then walked into his little shop, and Davy turned away.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
His Shop is the Randenvous of spitting, where men dialogue with their noses, and their conversation is smoke.
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British Dictionary definitions for shop assistant

shop assistant

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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