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Recent Examples of shopgirl
Or don’t marry anybody and find your way into a bohemian tale or a proto-noir or a shopgirl story or some other formula.
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Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Bronte worked as a shopgirl at Mooney’s bookshop while Joe was restoring it (a throwback to season 1) and seemingly fell in love with him while trying to expose him for the murder of Beck, the first love interest and obsession of Joe’s from that season.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
Though many fans consider Skyward Sword to be the strongest evidence for Link and Zelda’s true love, the game also gives you the option to ruin everything and get Link involved with the shopgirl Peatrice.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
While Wintour’s shopgirl life was short-lived, Big Biba’s staff were a vital component of the experience remembered Thomas.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
The film stars Bow as shopgirl Betty Lou, who schemes to win the heart of her employer, Cyrus Waltham Jr. (Antonio Moreno).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
But Parker was clearly relishing the shopgirl role.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
Living at the Hôtel Raphael in Paris, Jünger spent most of his days trawling antiques shops, studying early-modern entomologists, visiting mistresses, reading the Old Testament (twice), sampling narcotics, exchanging glances with shopgirls, and recording every minute reflection in his notebooks.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Bronte worked as a shopgirl at Mooney’s bookshop while Joe was restoring it (a throwback to season 1) and seemingly fell in love with him while trying to expose him for the murder of Beck, the first love interest and obsession of Joe’s from that season.
—Charley Ross, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
Though many fans consider Skyward Sword to be the strongest evidence for Link and Zelda’s true love, the game also gives you the option to ruin everything and get Link involved with the shopgirl Peatrice.
—Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
While Wintour’s shopgirl life was short-lived, Big Biba’s staff were a vital component of the experience remembered Thomas.
—Zoe Whitfield, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
The film stars Bow as shopgirl Betty Lou, who schemes to win the heart of her employer, Cyrus Waltham Jr. (Antonio Moreno).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
But Parker was clearly relishing the shopgirl role.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
Living at the Hôtel Raphael in Paris, Jünger spent most of his days trawling antiques shops, studying early-modern entomologists, visiting mistresses, reading the Old Testament (twice), sampling narcotics, exchanging glances with shopgirls, and recording every minute reflection in his notebooks.
—Thomas Meaney, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shopgirl
Noun
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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
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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,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2021
Noun
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The mattress saleswoman Mare and Ned deal with doesn’t have the power to make the company honor the spirit of the law.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The shapely 24-year-old advertising saleswoman wore a black swimsuit with a white Playboy bunny across the front.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The saleslady wears a glitter cloth mask, long glitter fingernails and a blond dye job that’s tinted her scalp.—
Mitchell S. Jackson,
New York Times,
20 Dec. 2023
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Molly and the saleslady peruse the sequins while my son grows increasingly dysregulated.—
Melissa Petro,
Time,
3 Nov. 2022
Noun
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The position with the most job openings in July in San Diego County was retail salespersons, with 1,579 ads, according to state data that aggregates job postings during the month.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Shopgirl.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shopgirl. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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