shopwalker
shopwalker is the alternative form of shop-walker.
Meaning of shop-walker
Noun
shop-walker (plural shop-walkers)
- A retail store floor supervisor.
- Small trades-folk, male and female shop-walkers, better class artisans, lower middle-class women worn with household cares, occasional young folk in search of a sensation—these were the impressions which the audience conveyed to the trained observation of Malone.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company”, in The Land of Mist, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, published 1926, →OCLC, page 25
- Synonyms:
- floor-walker
Forms of shopwalker
| plural | shopwalkers |
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Questions about shopwalker
- What is shopwalker the alternative form of?
- Shopwalker is the alternative form of shop-walker.
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