salesmen

Example Sentences

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Several stars took on side gigs as car salesmen, of sorts.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Back in 1879, those clerks and salesmen and their wives who frequented bucket shops understood they were operating outside the bounds of Wall Street.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

A 1793 cartoon designed to imitate The Bum Shop called Cestina Warehouse or Belly Piece Shop shows two salesmen attending women who are shopping for tummy pads.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

But now he's had to let three salesmen go.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

He told us he almost felt sorry for the software salesmen when he handed them the bill, which didn’t even include the hefty fine from the park service for trashing the sea grass.

From "Flush" by Carl Hiaasen