counterjumper

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counterjumper

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From counter + jumper.

noun counterjumpers · counter-jumper

dated, derogatory, slang A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk. [...] and the chastest women thought it no shame for their pictures to be exposed in every stationer's shop or to decorate the chimney-piece of a platonic counter-jumper.
Similar: sales clerk

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noun a salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk

Русский	прика́зчик prikázčik, продаве́ц

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@misc{counterjumper_2026,
  title = {counterjumper},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/counterjumper},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}