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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

se·cret shop·per • n. a person employed by a manufacturer or retailer to pose as a shopper in order to evaluate the quality of customer service. Also called mystery shopper.

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