peddler
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈpɛdlər/
:
vendedor ambulante
- My mother said, "Haim Kahan started with nothing, a peddler in Brest-Litovsk selling kerosene off a cart."
- street peddlers
- traveling peddler
- peddlers sold
Examples
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As the local peddler called out his prices, a crowd gathered around his cart.
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I bought that off a peddler who was coming through town last week.
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This peddler outside is fresh from Jerusalem.
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And that, I suspect, was bought... from a street peddler in Naples.
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Oysters were also sold from house to house in cities by street peddlers.
Academic text (1996) -
Most of the village turns out to see the peddler, Padan Fain, as he rolls into town.
Blog text (26) -
Before the 1930s, most peddlers delivered in horse-drawn covered wagons, and thereafter they used automobiles and trucks.
Academic text (1990) -
The street peddler offered fresh fruits and vegetables to passers-by.
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I bought a beautiful handmade necklace from a traveling peddler at the market.
Synonyms
259
1.0
A person who sells things in shops or to customers
257
2.0
A person or company that sells things, for example at a market
257
1.0
A person or company that offers goods for money
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2.2
A person who sells things for a store or company
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4.4
A person who travels to different places to meet customers and sell goods or services
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9.9
A person who travels to villages selling small goods
5
6.8
A man who sells products by talking and showing them to people, often at fairs or on TV
4
7.4
A person who sells goods in the street or at markets
4
8.2
A person who shouts to sell things in a market
1
8.6
A traveling seller who visits shops with samples to sell
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9.9
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a cart in the street
1
8.2
A person who sells fruit and vegetables from a street stall
A woman who travels to sell goods at markets or fairs
A person who travels to sell goods, often in markets or at fairs
A woman who travels between places selling small goods like ribbons and buttons
A person who travels to sell small goods like ribbons or buttons
A person who sells small items in markets, often moving from place to place and bargaining
A person who travels with a box to sell goods
A person or business that sells to customers
A person who sells or delivers things from a van
A person who sells fruit from a shop or stall
A person who sells goods from a market stall
A person who sells goods informally on the street without a shop
Antonyms
Compounds
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8.8
A person who uses their contacts to get money or favors for others, often in dishonest ways
How Reputable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peddler comes from older forms like peddle and pedlar, meaning a person who 'walked' from place to place selling small goods with a pack. So, a peddler is still a traveling seller you meet in streets or markets.