Meanings
nounsales agent (plural sales agents)
plural sales agents
- A salesperson.
On the train is a "sales agent", who goes from car to car selling newspapers, magazines, candies and various kinds of refreshment.
1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 130
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