shop assistant

American

noun

British.

a store clerk.

shop assistant British

noun

a person who serves in a shop

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Etymology

Origin of shop assistant

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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These do not include being a shop manager or shop assistant.

From BBC

"I feel China is very simple," says Ms Chen, the Kinmen shop assistant.

From BBC

They categorise jobs into five groups; the lowest two of which are considered working class and include occupations such as mechanic, electrician, shop assistant, labourer, cleaner and waiter.

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A shop assistant also said that she heard a lot of shouting and screaming and that people started running in the direction of the incident, the paper reported.

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Hard Truths centres on Pansy, a woman who seems constantly angry at the world, regularly getting into scrapes with everyone from shop assistants to her dentist.

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