shopwalker

[ shop-waw-ker ]

/ ˈʃɒpˌwɔ kər /

noun British.

a floorwalker.

Nearby words

shopping plaza, shopping precinct, shopping-bag lady, shopsoiled, shoptalk, shopwalker, shopwindow, shopworn, shoran, shore, shore bird

Origin of shopwalker

First recorded in 1860–65; shop + walker

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Examples from the Web for shopwalker

Devonham, for all his qualifications, looked painfully like a shopwalker.
The Bright Messenger|Algernon Blackwood
Nor does it even soothe my ruffled feelings when the shopwalker thanks me profusely as he countersigns the bill.
The Champagne Standard|Mrs. John Lane
And when I got there I told a shopwalker who was standing near the door what I had come about.
The Romance of His Life|Mary Cholmondeley
She wonders would they change it, if she went back and asked to see the shopwalker?
The Second Thoughts of An Idle Fellow|Jerome K. Jerome

My shopwalker is very kind where I am, and I dont see any need to change.
Chains|Elizabeth Baker

British Dictionary definitions for shopwalker

shopwalker

/ (ˈʃɒpˌwɔːkə) /

noun

British a person employed by a departmental store to supervise sales personnel, assist customers, etcUS equivalent: floorwalker

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