Recent Examples on the WebAsking the salesgirl her opinion about what young professional women wore to the office these days.—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 With Miss Emily, the salesgirl was real attentive and friendly.—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Talking with the salesgirl, asking her to bring us things in a size that would be a better fit.—Souvankham Thammavongsa, The New Yorker, 6 June 2022 Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler Department store salesgirl and photographer Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara) is instantly enthralled by a new customer, the wealthy (almost) divorcée Carol Aird (Cate Blanchett).—New York Times, 8 Apr. 2021 Once the salesgirl had disappeared in back, Justine put my sneakers into the empty Prada box and pushed her old lug sole Mary Janes toward me.—Forsyth Harmon, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2021 Justine grabbed a black Mary Jane and shook it in the salesgirl’s face.—Forsyth Harmon, refinery29.com, 3 Mar. 2021 Here is Göring trying to grope a salesgirl at the movies; here is Hitler, in evening clothes, on the Kurfürstendamm, caressing a woman with one hand and distributing propaganda with the other.—Mireille Juchau, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2019 But the roof garden where saleswomen (referred to as salesgirls back then) took the air and promenaded a century ago is still there, latticework and all.—Ralph Blumenthal and Sandra Roff, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
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