Meaning of detailman | Babel Free

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A sales representative for a pharmaceutical company.

Examples

“Nearly every pharmaceutical house has its own⟳ brands, sold in tablets, solutions or brightly-colored capsules, on which its “detail men” keep⟳ doctors informed. Probably the most popular successors to Veronal are Seconal (“red birds” to the bootleg trade⟳) and Nembutal (“yellow jackets”).”

“It is remarkable that any physician has time to see⟳ detailmen (pharmaceutical company sales representatives).”

“About one hundred thousand of them in the United States visit⟳ doctors' offices with drug samples, dinner invitations, tickets to ball games, and various other gifts. Drug companies spend⟳ about $5 billion annually on detailmen and their gifts.”

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