counter jumper

A slang or contemptuous epithet for an a istant in a shop; especially a draper's a istant; a salesman in a retail dry goods establishment. "It seems free enough to every counter - jumper in the town." C. Kingsley; Westward Ho ! ch. x. count-er (2), pref., adv., a. & s. [Fr. contre; Lat. contra against.] [CONTRA.] A. As pref .: A prefix largely used in composition to expre counteraction or opposition. It is used with verbs, adjectives, or nouns. IMG:content-1113.png:[blocks in formation] they never throw counter, but at the back of the Ayer."-Sandys' Journal. C. As adjective: 1. Return; in return or answer. the counter question of Jesus."-Strau : Life of Jesus; Trans. (1846), § 131. 2. Adverse, opposite, opposing. "Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle." -Isaac Taylor. party. ( Knight.) counter-beam, s. Printing: A beam connected to the platen of a printing-pre by two or more rods, through the medium of which the reciprocating motion is communicated to the platen. ( Knight .)