shopboy

English

Etymology

From shop +‎ boy.

Noun

shopboy (plural shopboys)

1. A boy employed in a shop.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 10–11:

     One figure after another emerged from the room behind, and at each step Walter Maynard felt a cold shudder steal over him; and then he started and coloured, lest his agitation should have been observed; but the shopboy was too used to such scenes to heed them.

Coordinate terms

• shopgirl