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saleschild

saleschild noun: a child or young person who is selling something.

Noun

saleschild (plural saleschildren)

  1. (derogatory, humorous) A child or young person who is selling something.
    • In the flicker of his judgmental gray eyes, that saleschild had transformed my brightly sentimental, joy-to-the-world, pre-Christmas spree to a shambles.1991, Patricia J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights
    • “That's a fifty-inch screen,” the saleschild informs Rose for the second time, shifting to his left to talk past Rafferty.2014, Timothy Hallinan, For the Dead

Forms of saleschild

pluralsaleschildren

Origin of saleschild

From sales + child, after salesman etc.

Questions about saleschild

What does saleschild mean?
Saleschild means a child or young person who is selling something.
What part of speech is saleschild?
Saleschild is a noun.
What is the plural of saleschild?
The plural of saleschild is saleschildren.

Words near saleschild in the dictionary

  1. salesbooks
  2. salesbot
  3. salesbots
  4. salesboy
  5. salesboys
  6. saleschild
  7. saleschildren
  8. salesclerk
  9. salesclerks
  10. salescritter
  11. salescritters

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