单词 | saleswoman |
释义 | saleswomann. A woman who sells goods (e.g. in a shop). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > professional > woman tradeswoman1656 saleswoman1704 sales-lady1856 1704 London Gaz. No. 4025/4 Ann Scadding, of the Parish of St. Buttolp Aldgate, Saleswoman. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. VIII. 800 In 1790 [she] went to Paris, where she was a saleswoman in a linen shop. 1887 A. Elliot Old Man's Favour I. ii. i. 204 The stall was well-furnished, the saleswoman was pretty and animated. 1916 D. H. Lawrence Amores 97 She puts me away like a saleswoman whose mart is Endangered by the pilferer on his quest. 1932 L. Golding Magnolia St. iii. vi. 548 She's one of the leading saleswomen in our firm. Derivatives ˈsaleswomanship n. the position of a saleswoman; the character of being a (good) saleswoman. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > professional > woman > condition of being saleswomanship1973 1973 M. Amis Rachel Papers 28 Gloria held the assistant pet-food saleswomanship in, handily, a Shepherds Bush emporium. 1977 Church Times 29 Apr. 11/2 I felt that a little saleswomanship might be a good thing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1704 |
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