shopwalker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shopwalker
Example Sentences
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The commercial gent, no doubt, thinks the ponderous shopwalker an ass, but refrains from telling him so.
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
She wonders would they change it, if she went back and asked to see the shopwalker?
From Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow by Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
"Here," she said to the smiling shopwalker, "I want to know by whom this cloak was sold, and to what person."
From The Silent House by Fergus Hume
We ask a courteous shopwalker, who in flawless English advises us to try the Winter Gardens, where a delightful tea is served at a minimum cost.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, July 7th, 1920 by Various
"I only want a farthing's worth of pins," I observed, apologetically, to the bald-headed shopwalker who pounced down upon me.
From Successful Recitations by Alfred H. (Alfred Henry) Miles
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