counterjumper
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
Register: dated, derogatory, slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
[...] 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.
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “counterjumper” mean?
A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.
Is “counterjumper” formal or informal?
counterjumper is generally dated, derogatory, slang.