| 单词 | window clerk |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow clerk window clerk n. a person employed at a post office to work at the window where members of the public hand over packages, make inquiries, etc.; (later also more generally) a salesperson in a shop or other retail business who sells from a window, as opposed to the counter; cf. window man n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > postal services > [noun] > official of the post > other postal officials window man1687 window clerk1770 stamper1850 blind man1864 blind reader1864 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > shopworkers shopman1662 window clerk1770 clerka1790 shop attendant1813 shoppie1818 shop assistant1821 shop-walker1825 counter-jumper1829 show-woman1848 assistant1853 counterman1853 counter-skipper1858 floor-walker1876 floor manager1887 window man1887 frontsman1896 inworker1909 lot attendant1934 sales clerk1934 1770 Lloyd's Evening Post 15 Oct. 367/2 Mr. Peers is appointed Window Clerk and Alphabet Man, in the room of Mr. Green, deceased. 1864 W. Lewins Her Majesty's Mails 239 In larger towns where one clerk is specially retained for these duties, he is known as the ‘window clerk’, as it devolves upon him to answer all..inquiries. 1910 Times of India 5 Feb. 10/5 A window-clerk and sorter in the Bombay General Post Office was tried for stealing a postal article. 2005 Lowell (Mass.) Sun (Nexis) 1 July With only a thin line of trees preventing the rival drive-through window clerks from staring each other down, this new Starbucks will try to appeal to the coffee drinker on the go. 2007 J. Mannion Everything Guide to Govt. Jobs vi. 85 Postal service clerks, also known as window clerks, sell stamps, money orders, and mailing envelopes and boxes. < as lemmas |
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