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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
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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