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Definition of Salesclerks
1. salesclerk [n] - See also: salesclerk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Salesclerks
Literary usage of Salesclerks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Proceedings: Addresses, Reports, Bibliographies and Discussions (1921)
"The two kinds of workers specifically investigated were salesclerks and clerical
workers, since these two jobs represent the bulk of the employes of this ..."
2. The Journal of Educational Research by American Educational Research Association (1921)
"... follows: 98 salesclerks, 17 billers, 39 checkers, and 7 clerks and bookkeepers.
In all these positions legible, rapid writing was considered essential. ..."
3. The Case for the Shorter Work Day. Franklin O. Bunting, Plaintiff in Error by Felix Frankfurter, Josephine Clara Goldmark, Louis Dembitz Brandeis (1915)
"The patients of this class are recruited from salesclerks, bookkeepers, secretaries,
machinists and telephone clerks. Printers (typesetters) especially are ..."
4. ...[Woman's Work and Organizations] (1906)
"... gained if seats are provided and employees are permitted to use them at
intervals, as in the " slack " times of the day for salesclerks and waitresses. ..."
5. Second Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1913 by George Moses Price, James P. Whiskeman, Elizabeth C. Watson, Zenas L. Potter, Charles Baskerville, Charles F. McKenna, Charles T. Graham Rogers, John H. Vogt, George A. Hall, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1913)
"... over 500 women and girls: " Q. Is there any trouble about using the seats that
they furnish the salesclerks with ? A. Well, there is and there is not. ..."
6. The Book of Business Etiquette by Nella Braddy Henney (1922)
"The salesclerks who come into the institution are given two weeks' training in
the mechanical end of their work, the ways of recording sales, ..."
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