checkout chick

== English == === Etymology === From checkout (“a place at a supermarket where transactions take place”) + chick (“(slang) a girl or woman”). === Pronunciation === === Noun === checkout chick (plural checkout chicks) (chiefly Australia, New Zealand, informal) A female supermarket cashier. 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. ==== Usage notes ==== Usually refers to a female cashier, but may also be used of a male.