shoe salesman

Sells boots, loafers

A shoe salesman is a person who sells shoes, typically working in a retail store.

The term appears in cultural touchstones—Willy Loman in *Death of a Salesman*, Al Bundy in *Married... with Children*—often representing unfulfilled aspirations or working-class drudgery.

He started as a shoe salesman and worked his way up to regional manager.

Related

on your feet · sole · leather · customer · hard sell · measure · laces · polish · insole · retail · sneaker · pump · brogue · floor · foot traffic · pitch · display · arch

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commercial role

shoe salesmanretail buyer

One who stocks stores

wholesale buyer

shoe industry function

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Shoe repair artisan

shoemaker · cordwainer · shoe designer · bootmaker

product category sold

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Designer of women's headwear

haberdasher

Family

shoe, salesman, shoes, shoed, shoeing, horseshoe, snowshoe, sale, sales

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G