shopgirl
shopgirl noun: a girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman.
Noun
shopgirl (plural shopgirls)
- A girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman.
- 'Makes no odds,' conceded George generously. 'Shopgirl—kept company with a foreigner—known as Peter. Even without anything else there ought to be no difficulty in finding her.'1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries
- Low theory takes critique gently by the neck and leads it outwards, towards the labyrinth that is the production of situations, including the production of new forms for critique itself. It is not too embarrassed to turn up as shopgirl philosophy or on delinquent mixtapes: “Our ideas are on...2024, McKenzie Wark, Leaving The Twentieth Century: Situationist Revolutions, page 159
Forms of shopgirl
| plural | shopgirls |
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Origin of shopgirl
From shop + girl.
Words formed from shopgirl
Questions about shopgirl
- What does shopgirl mean?
- Shopgirl means a girl who works in a shop; a young saleswoman.
- What part of speech is shopgirl?
- Shopgirl is a noun.
- What is the plural of shopgirl?
- The plural of shopgirl is shopgirls.
Words near shopgirl in the dictionary
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