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window trimmer

window trimmer

7.4
A person who plans and sets up displays in shop windows to attract customers
  • noun
  • UK
translation icon : decorador de escaparates
  • As a window trimmer, she spent hours designing elaborate displays for the boutique.

Examples

  • The department store hired a talented window trimmer to update their visual merchandising for the new season.

  • The window trimmer created a festive holiday scene to attract more customers to the store.

  • The window trimmer created a stunning display for the holiday season.

  • Many window trimmers are hired during the festive period.

  • As a window trimmer, she spent hours designing elaborate displays to attract customers.

  • The window trimmer created a festive holiday scene to draw shoppers into the store.

  • The department store hired a talented window trimmer to enhance their shop window displays.

Synonyms

window dresser
vswindow trimmer
1 4.6

A person who arranges and decorates shop windows to attract customers

focuses on creating and planning display ideas rather than only decorating

Surface Forms

window trimmer singular
window trimmers plural

Morphology

window + trimmer

The components 'window' + 'trimmer' signal an agent who works on windows, so a B1 learner would likely infer it refers to someone who does something to shop windows. However, the precise occupational sense of designing and arranging displays (rather than literally cutting or pruning) is job-specific and not fully predictable from the common meaning of 'trimmer', making the linkage only partially transparent.

Etymology

Window trimmer comes from the verb trim, which long ago meant 'to decorate' or add small finishing touches, and window for the shop glass. Imagine someone adding ribbons, lights and figures to a shop window to make people stop and look. That's why a window trimmer is the person who designs and arranges shop displays to 'attract customers'.