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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