shop-walker

See also: shopwalker

English

Alternative forms

• shopwalker

Noun

shop-walker (plural shop-walkers)

1. (British) A retail store floor supervisor.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 1934, P[amela] L[yndon] Travers, “Christmas Shopping”, in Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins; 1), London: Gerald Howe Ltd […], →OCLC, page 185:

     The shop-walkers behaved curiously, too. As the little group passed they bowed to Maia as though she were a Queen.

Synonyms

• floorwalker (US)