counterjumper
counterjumper noun: a salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
Noun
counterjumper (plural counterjumpers)
- A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
- [...] and the chastest women thought it no shame for their pictures to be exposed in every stationer's shop or to decorate the chimney-piece of a platonic counter-jumper.1905, W. Somerset Maugham, chapter V, in The Merry-Go-Round
- Her manner was brisk, and her good-breeding scarcely concealed her conviction that if you were not a soldier you might as well be a counter-jumper.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “ch. 15”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
- Synonyms:
- sales clerk
Synonyms of counterjumper
Forms of counterjumper
| plural | counterjumpers |
|---|---|
| alternative form | counter-jumper |
Origin of counterjumper
From counter + jumper.
Questions about counterjumper
- What does counterjumper mean?
- Counterjumper means a salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
- What part of speech is counterjumper?
- Counterjumper is a noun.
- What is the plural of counterjumper?
- The plural of counterjumper is counterjumpers.
Words near counterjumper in the dictionary
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