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Definition of Countermen
1. counterman [n] - See also: counterman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Countermen
Literary usage of Countermen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Labour of the People in London by Charles Booth (1895)
"Retail stationers employ countermen or salesmen, and to these the wholesale or
larger ... Travellers and booking. clerks take the place of countermen, ..."
2. Wages (standard Piece Rates).: Board of Trade (Labour Department) by Great Britain Board of Trade, Hubert Llewellyn Smith (1900)
"The number ot persons affected by the dispute was about 2500, of whom 80 were
countermen and 150 menders (females)—the other operatives being thrown out of ..."
3. Industrial Co-operation: The Story of a Peaceful Revolution: Being the by Catherine Webb, L. L. Price (1907)
"For countermen, the average minimum was 23s. 11-Jd. and the average maximum 30s.
4Jd , while for branch managers the average minimum was 30s. ..."
4. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1903)
"(b) Second countermen to receive not less than 5d. per hour ; equal to 23*. 4<f.
per week of 56 hours. "(c) First countermen to receive not less than 5£d. ..."
5. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Great Britain (1894)
"METROPOLITAN countermen AND TELEGRAPH CLERKS. Мк. BUTCHER (York) : I beg to ask the
... E.) : The Petition of the 28th of February from the countermen and ..."
6. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1891)
"Member, I have to state that I had fixed a day to see the countermen of the
Metropolitan District early in July, ..."
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