saleschild

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noun

A child or young person who is selling something.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounsaleschild (plural saleschildren)

plural saleschildren

  1. derogatoryhumorousA child or young person who is selling something.

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

    2014, Timothy Hallinan, For the Dead
    2 more examples

    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.

    1991, Patricia J. Williams, The Alchemy of Race and Rights

    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.

    2015 August 29, New York Times

Origin

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APA

saleschild. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleschild

MLA

“saleschild.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleschild. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “saleschild,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/saleschild.

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