window dresser
noun
a person employed to trim the display windows of a store.
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window-dresser
window-dressernouna person employed to design and build up a display in a shop window
window dresser
Americannoun
window-dresser
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noun
Etymology
Origin of window dresser
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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After graduation, she moved to London, where she worked as a window dresser.
From Salon • Nov. 30, 2022
After university and military service, Armani worked as a window dresser at the upmarket La Rinascente department store in Milan in 1957 before becoming a menswear designer and eventually launching his label in 1975.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
The story centers on two prison cellmates in Argentina: a gay window dresser name Molina, and Valentin, a political revolutionary in declining health.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2020
There was a time in the early 1980s, she once recalled, when she found herself sprinting across the street to a neighboring specialty store and accosting a young window dresser.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2020
I was window dresser for a gents' furnishing store up to a few weeks ago, but it—it changed hands.
From Star-Dust by Hurst, Fannie
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