/ · 1894 Brewer’s · C · Counter-jumper
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A draper’s assistant, who jumps over the counter to go from one part of the shop to another.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.