"counterjumper" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-counterjumper.ogg Forms: counterjumpers [plural]
Etymology: From counter + jumper. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|counter|jumper}} counter + jumper Head templates: {{en-noun}} counterjumper (plural counterjumpers)
  1. (slang, derogatory, dated) A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk. Tags: dated, derogatory, slang Categories (topical): Occupations, People Synonyms: sales clerk, counter-jumper Translations (a salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk): прика́зчик (prikázčik) [masculine] (Russian), продаве́ц (alt: в магази́не) [masculine] (Russian), knodd [common-gender] (Swedish), bodknodd [common-gender] (Swedish)

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