Saleswoman

The scene contains elements of a fairy tale: the saleswoman is dressing Cinderella for her assignation with the prince, who has no idea at all that she is coming. ❋ Unknown (2001)

"Cash!" called the saleswoman, tapping on the counter with her pencil. ❋ Horatio Alger (1865)

I strongly take issue with a college admissions officer's categorization of me as a "saleswoman" who provides a frivolous service ( "unnecessary orthodontia") to students applying to college ( "Independent Counsel," by Nicholas Confessore, October Atlantic). ❋ Unknown (2005)

No girl, not even Dora Stein herself, would dare risk offending any other of the floorwalkers, men able to break a saleswoman if they "got ❋ Unknown (1901)

This ferocious love of pleasure was perhaps best articulated by a New York saleswoman who helped many of these women prepare for nights out: “You see some of those who have complained about standing spend most of the evening in dancing.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

“It will be marked down next Saturday,” the saleswoman said. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

Celma de Almeida, a garment saleswoman, says she didn't like the capivari at first. ❋ Paulo Prada (2011)

“That's all right, thanks,” my wife said, and the saleswoman wandered off to help someone else. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

Imaginechina/Zumapress.com A saleswoman, right, showed clay rabbits to a customer at a shop in Jinan, east China's Shandong province, on Sept. 1. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Claiming that he felt bad for storming out, he went to the department store to find me a gift and walked in the path of an overzealous, perfume spraying saleswoman. ❋ Shamara Ray (2011)

In one amusing section, a brassy saleswoman on a TV commercial hawks an electronic device that allows women to detect oafishness in a potential partner before a first date. ❋ Unknown (2011)

An unsuspecting saleswoman wandered into the fray and asked if anyone needed help. ❋ Jack Canfield (2011)

Instead, she was a saleswoman and the product she was hawking was herself. ❋ Unknown (2011)

“Excuse me,” she said to a saleswoman after she'd examined the price tag. ❋ Con Chapman (2011)

"Chris" Hanley, 88, a saleswoman for Lawrence Lomax Antiques in Bethesda during the 1990s, died Jan. 17 at her home in Arlington of respiratory failure. ❋ Post (2011)

The saleswoman said apropos of nothing: Yes, they look wonderful on you. ❋ Alice Walker Blog Administrator (2009)

"It's not my fault," says the 41-year-old saleswoman. ❋ Will Connors (2011)

With no stores of her own, she is designer, saleswoman and her own gal Friday. ❋ Christina Binkley (2011)