saleschild

English

Etymology

From sales +‎ child, after salesman etc.

Noun

saleschild (plural saleschildren)

1. (chiefly humorous or derogatory) A child or young person who is selling something.
   • 1991, Patricia J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights:

     In the flicker of his judgmental gray eyes, that saleschild had transformed my brightly sentimental, joy-to-the-world, pre-Christmas spree to a shambles.

   • 2014, Timothy Hallinan, For the Dead:

     “That's a fifty-inch screen,” the saleschild informs Rose for the second time, shifting to his left to talk past Rafferty.

   • 2015 August 29, New York Times:

     Still, be gentle with saleschildren. Odds are, this little boy didn’t take it into his own head to terrorize you with Christian M&M’s.