| 单词 | puller-in |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspuller-in 6. Originally (North American): a person employed to attract passers-by into a shop (frequently more fully as puller-in). Later also more generally: a person who or thing which attracts custom or interest. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > one who attracts customers into shop clicker1699 inviter1837 puller1885 1885 N.Y. Times 26 Feb. 8/3 He had formerly been a peddler, but later became a sidewalk ‘puller-in’ for a Baxter-street clothing store. 1894 J. L. Ford Lit. Shop ix. 132 The Jewish old-clothing quarter that lies close to the Five Points is near by. The ‘pullers-in’, as the sidewalk salesmen are termed in the vernacular of the trade, transact business with a ferocity that can be best likened to that of Siberian wolves. 1909 Coshocton (Ohio) Daily Age 14 Dec. 4/1 Some one asked Mr. Wanamaker why he considered the newspapers the greatest and best ‘puller’ for the merchant. 1928 Sunday Disp. 15 July 14/3 Next to the Prince of Wales, Shaw is the best box-office puller in the United States. 1970 J. H. Gray Boy from Winnipeg 199 Any country family that stopped to look at something in a window was doomed. The ‘puller’ would come out and sweet-talk them into the store. 1987 Guardian (Nexis) 11 Nov. The 55-year free travel perk must be a powerful puller in the grandparent bracket. < as lemmas |
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