saleschild

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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.
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