| 单词 | shop-walker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshop-walker shop-walker n. now historical and rare an assistant who exercises general supervision over a department of a shop and directs customers to the location of goods they wish to inspect or purchase. Cf. floor-walker n. at floor n.1 Compounds 2.It is unclear whether quot. 1825 shows this meaning. 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 1825 in A. Nicoll Hist. Eng. Drama 1660–1900 (1959) VI. 459 (title) The shop-walker. 1861 G. A. Sala Dutch Pict. xv. 235 A sort of shop-walker, whose duty it was to pace the galleries. 1896 H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance ii. 13 The shop-walker brings up parallel to the counter. 1992 M. Spark Curriculum Vitae (1993) iii. 111 The tall man, whose designation was ‘shop-walker,’ would gracefully beckon one of the black-gowned sirens: ‘Miss Smith, will you attend to Madam?’ < as lemmas |
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