(construction, North America) A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
(construction, North America) A passer-by or other person who watches and possibly advises work at a construction project from a sidewalk or other vantage point.
Even the most occasional sidewalk superintendent knows that in the construction of a tall building the first floor is put in before the second, the second before the third, and so on.
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(British) A retail store floor supervisor.
(US, Canada, Philippines) A paved footpath located at the side of a road, for the use of pedestrians.
(US, by extension) Any paved footpath, even if not located at the side of a road.
Shop-walker is a British term for a floor supervisor in a retail store — a member of staff who walked the shop floor directing customers to the right departments and overseeing sales assistants. The role was a feature of large Victorian and Edwardian department stores, where the shop-walker was an imposing figure of retail authority. The term is largely obsolete, replaced by 'floor manager' or 'department supervisor,' but survives in historical accounts of retail culture and Victoriana.