"checkout chick" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 checkout chick.ogg Forms: checkout chicks [plural]
Etymology: From checkout (“a place at a supermarket where transactions take place”) + chick (“(slang) a girl or woman”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} checkout chick (plural checkout chicks)
  1. (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal) A supermarket cashier. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Categories (topical): Occupations, People

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2005, Melody Carlson, Fool′s Gold: Color Me Consumed, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "As I set my purchases on the counter, I forget myself and slip into my old Aussie greeting and say “G′day!” to the middle-aged Asian checkout chick. She looks at me curiously but just starts adding up my purchases, then finally proclaims, “$148.76.”",
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          "text": "2005, Anna Krien, Trouble on the Night Shift, Robert Dessaix (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2005, page 305,\nCheckout chicks are hassled into letting their family pass through the register without paying."
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Ben Elton, Chart Throb, Black Swan, published 2007, page 354:",
          "text": "‘Passenger! It′s like Roy Orbison had teamed up with a checkout chick from Tesco′s.’\n‘Except I′m sure some checkout chicks can sing,’ Beryl added.",
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        "(chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal) A supermarket cashier."
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