Definition of Shopgirl

1. n. A girl employed in a shop.

Definition of Shopgirl

1. Noun. A girl or young woman who works in a shop. A saleswoman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shopgirl

1. a salesgirl [n -S] - See also: salesgirl

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shopgirl

shopaholics
shopaholism
shopboard
shopboards
shopbook
shopbooks
shopboy
shopboys
shope
shopfloor
shopfloors
shopfront
shopfronts
shopful
shopfuls
shopgirl (current term)
shopgirls
shopgoer
shopgoers
shopgrift
shopgrifted
shopgrifting
shopgrifts
shophar
shophars
shophouse
shophouses
shophroth
shopkeep
shopkeeper

Literary usage of Shopgirl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Baily's Magazine of Sports and Pastimes (1895)
"In or about the .year 1777 there was born in the city of Cork a girl called Harriet Mellon, whose mother •was a humble shopgirl, who claimed to have married ..."

2. The Curious Lore of Precious Stones: Being a Description of Their Sentiments by George Frederick Kunz (1913)
"A shopgirl, plainly clad, in crossing the Place de 1'Opera, when the street traffic was at its greatest, stopped at one of the "refuges" halfway across the ..."

3. Modes and Morals by Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1920)
"Out of her weekly wage, we may be sure the shopgirl (it is always the shopgirl!) buys the paper—and therewith her Indulgence for future faults, much cheaper ..."

4. Modes and Morals by Katharine Fullerton Gerould (1920)
"Out of her weekly wage, we may be sure the shopgirl (it is always the shopgirl!) buys the paper—and therewith her Indulgence for future faults, much cheaper ..."

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