counter-jumpern.

Etymology: < counter n.³ + jumper n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-jumper.

colloquial.

literal. One who jumps over a counter: applied in contempt to a shopman or shopkeeper's assistant.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers

shopman1662

window clerk1770

clerka1790

shop attendant1813

shoppie1818

shop assistant1821

shop-walker1825

counter-jumper1829

show-woman1848

assistant1853

counterman1853

counter-skipper1858

floor-walker1876

floor manager1887

window man1887

frontsman1896

inworker1909

lot attendant1934

sales clerk1934

1829 J. MacTaggart Three Years in Canada I. 242 In the conceited towns he is held in abhorrence by the clerk and counter-jumper.

1831 Finn's Amer. Comic Ann. (Boston) 218 The folks said I mought be a counter jumper, but i had an idee my genus didn't take to dry goods.

1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. i. 3 They..know that I'm only a tallow-faced counter-jumper.

1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xx I don't want to see my daughter spinning round a public assembly room in the arms of any counterjumper.

1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xvi. 65 Mr Gordon used to call me a gipsy counter-jumper when I was in his form.

1959 J. Braine Vodi xxiii. 248 You'll not waste your time with bloody consumptive counter-jumpers!

Derivatives

ˈcounter-jumping n. and adj.

ΚΠ

1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xl. 345 What right has he to call me a counter-jumping snob?

1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) viii. i. 279 Aesthetic beauty, or grandeur compatible with counter-jumping.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	counter-jumper
释义	counter-jumpern. Etymology: < counter n.³ + jumper n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcounter-jumper. colloquial. literal. One who jumps over a counter: applied in contempt to a shopman or shopkeeper's assistant. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers shopman1662 window clerk1770 clerka1790 shop attendant1813 shoppie1818 shop assistant1821 shop-walker1825 counter-jumper1829 show-woman1848 assistant1853 counterman1853 counter-skipper1858 floor-walker1876 floor manager1887 window man1887 frontsman1896 inworker1909 lot attendant1934 sales clerk1934 1829 J. MacTaggart Three Years in Canada I. 242 In the conceited towns he is held in abhorrence by the clerk and counter-jumper. 1831 Finn's Amer. Comic Ann. (Boston) 218 The folks said I mought be a counter jumper, but i had an idee my genus didn't take to dry goods. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. i. 3 They..know that I'm only a tallow-faced counter-jumper. 1880 M. E. Braddon Just as I Am xx I don't want to see my daughter spinning round a public assembly room in the arms of any counterjumper. 1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xvi. 65 Mr Gordon used to call me a gipsy counter-jumper when I was in his form. 1959 J. Braine Vodi xxiii. 248 You'll not waste your time with bloody consumptive counter-jumpers! Derivatives ˈcounter-jumping n. and adj. ΚΠ 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xl. 345 What right has he to call me a counter-jumping snob? 1875 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (ed. 2) viii. i. 279 Aesthetic beauty, or grandeur compatible with counter-jumping. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1829
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