| 单词 | window man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswindow man window man n. (originally) a man employed at a post office to work at the window where members of the public hand over packages, make payments and inquiries, etc.; (later also more generally) a salesman in a shop who sells from a window, as opposed to a counter; cf. window clerk 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 1687 in Cal. Treasury Bks. 1685–9 (1923) VIII. iii. 1284 Mr. Underhill Breese, windowman and alphabet keeper. 1718 J. Chamberlayne Present State Great Brit. (ed. 25) ii. iii. 165 A List of the Officers of the General-Post-Office in Lombard-Street... Window-Man for the By-Days. 1850 Q. Rev. June 113 The Postmaster-General, by printed ‘Notices’..remonstrated with the public; his recommendations, however, were not only unheeded, but the window-men, who..repeated them, were..insulted. 1887 Daily News 6 July 8/7 Cheesemongers.—Wanted, by Advertiser, Situation as Manager, Windowman, or Scalesman. 1964 San Francisco Chron. 7 May 14/3 The Mayor observed that federal regulations prohibit the city staking the Post Office to a night clerk. Supervisor George Moscone suggested Monday that the city pony up the $482.50 monthly salary for a night window man. 1992 1990 Census of Population: Classified Index Industries & Occupations (U.S. Bureau of Census) O-212/1 Window clerk,..Window man. < as lemmas |
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