What does sales-lady mean?
Sales-lady means Archaic form of saleslady..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Archaic form of saleslady..
“I am the sales-lady who served you, madam,” responded the reduced empress in banged hair, long watch-chain and ringed fingers, who presided at the counter.
It describes the largest combination dry-goods store and bazaar in Paris, and shows the life of the sales-ladies and salesmen employed behind its counters, with their flirtations, trials, troubles and temptations.
Lillian Stubbs, sales-lady, as she called herself, stood irresolute, for a moment, behind the storm-doors of that fashionable emporium known as Dunn, Dusenberry & Co.
Use sales-lady when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sales-lady means Archaic form of saleslady..
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“I am the sales-lady who served you, madam,” responded the reduced empress in banged hair, long watch-chain and ringed fingers, who presided at the counter.
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