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hawkery

9.2

Place where people sell goods in a market or on the street

noun
/ˈhɔːkəri/

Archaic

: venta ambulante

The bustling hawkery was filled with colorful fabrics and lively bargaining.

Examples

Tourists enjoyed exploring the hawkery for unique souvenirs and local snacks.
We bought a rug at a makeshift hawkery near the river, where vendors displayed cheap goods.
The local hawkery sells fresh fruits every Saturday.
I visited a hawkery in the city center.
The bustling hawkery was filled with colorful fabrics and lively bargaining.
Tourists enjoyed exploring the hawkery for unique souvenirs and local snacks.
The local hawkery sells fresh fruits every Saturday.

Synonyms

hawking

vshawkery

24 6.3

Selling goods in public places by calling out to get customers

is focused on market or street trade rather than the calling-out style

peddling

vshawkery

5 5.6

Selling goods by going from place to place, often on the street

is about market or street selling rather than mobile door to door trade

Surface Forms

hawkery singular

hawkeries plural

Morphology

hawkery = hawk (transparent) = hawk + ery

The word is directly formed from the verb 'hawk' (to sell) + the productive noun-forming suffix '-ery' meaning the activity/place of selling.

Etymology

Hawkery comes from hawker, a street seller who 'sells' goods loudly like a bird calling. So a hawkery can mean the place or activity of these busy market sellers.