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counterjumpers

counterjumpers is the plural of counterjumper.

Meaning of counterjumper

Noun

counterjumper (plural counterjumpers)

  1. (dated, derogatory, slang) 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
    Synonyms:
    sales clerk

Questions about counterjumpers

What is counterjumpers the plural of?
Counterjumpers is the plural of counterjumper.

Words near counterjumpers in the dictionary

  1. counterjets
  2. counterjihad
  3. counterjihadism
  4. counterjinx
  5. counterjumper
  6. counterjumpers
  7. counterjustification
  8. counterjustifications
  9. counterkilling
  10. counterkillings
  11. counterknowledge

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