Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A salesman in a shop, especially in a draper's or dry-goods shop.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Slang A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemptuously.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun slang, derogatory, dated A salesman in a shop; a shopman or clerk.

Etymologies

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counter +‎ jumper

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