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checkout chick

checkout chick noun: a female supermarket cashier.

Noun

checkout chick (plural checkout chicks)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, informal) A female supermarket cashier.
    • Our ‘Checkout Chicks’ Bat 100%1949 September 21, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, page 30, column 1
    • And the checkout chick is too busy taking money to tell you how to operate your cut-price, multi-purpose, plastic encased kitchen magician.1976 June 16, The Canberra Times, page 17, column 1

Forms of checkout chick

pluralcheckout chicks

Origin of checkout chick

From checkout (“a place at a supermarket where transactions take place”) + chick (“(slang) a girl or woman”).

Questions about checkout chick

What does checkout chick mean?
Checkout chick means a female supermarket cashier.
What part of speech is checkout chick?
Checkout chick is a noun.
What is the plural of checkout chick?
The plural of checkout chick is checkout chicks.

Words near checkout chick in the dictionary

  1. checkmating
  2. checkmen
  3. checkoff
  4. checkoffs
  5. checkout
  6. checkout chick
  7. checkout chicks
  8. checkout counter
  9. checkout counters
  10. checkout desk
  11. checkout desks

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