Meaning of checkout chick | Babel Free

Definitions

A female supermarket cashier.

Australia, New-Zealand, informal

Examples

“Our ‘Checkout Chicks’ Bat 100%”

“And the checkout chick is too busy taking money to tell⟳ you how to operate⟳ your cut-price, multi-purpose, plastic encased kitchen magician.”

“As I set⟳ my purchases on the counter, I forget⟳ myself and slip⟳ into my old Aussie greeting and say⟳ “G′day!” to the middle-aged Asian checkout chick. She looks at me curiously but just starts adding up my purchases, then finally proclaims, “$148.76.””

“2005, Anna Krien, Trouble⟳ on the Night Shift, Robert Dessaix (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2005, page 305, Checkout chicks are hassled into letting their family pass⟳ through the register⟳ without paying.”

“‘Passenger! It′s like⟳ Roy Orbison had teamed up with a checkout chick from Tesco′s.’ ‘Except I′m sure some checkout chicks can sing⟳,’ Beryl added.”

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