shopwalker
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of shopwalker
Example Sentences
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I suppose it was inevitable, and I did my best to appear patient, but in common fairness a judge has no more right than a shopwalker to import a trade manner into private life.
From The Sixth Sense A Novel by McKenna, Stephen
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, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
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, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
The chief shopwalker took a dislike to him and nagged him.
From The History of Mr. Polly by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
"Would it not be simpler if we sent the account to your father, missy?" suggested the shopwalker, coming to join the assistant at the counter.
From The Youngest Girl in the Fifth A School Story by Davis, Stanley
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