to peddle crafts

4.9

To sell small handmade items directly to people at markets or online

phrasal verb
/ˈpɛdəl kræfts/

: vender artesanías

Many artists peddle crafts at local markets on weekends.

Examples

She used social media to peddle crafts to a wider audience.
I saw him peddling crafts in the park yesterday.
After retiring, he began to peddle crafts from his home workshop.
She loves to peddle crafts at local fairs.
Many artists peddle crafts at local markets on weekends.
After retiring, he began to peddle crafts from his home workshop.
She used social media to peddle crafts to a wider audience.

Synonyms

to peddle

vsto peddle crafts

46 3.9

To sell goods by going from place to place or to people's houses

sells small handmade goods informally often moving between places or using online platforms

Surface Forms

peddle crafts infinitive

peddled crafts past

peddled crafts past participle

peddling crafts present participle

peddles crafts third person singular

Morphology

peddle + craft

The meaning 'to sell handmade goods' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'peddle' (to sell, often by moving from place to place) with 'crafts' (handmade objects). This is a straightforward compositional pattern common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The verb peddle crafts comes from the image of a traveling seller with a bag of small handmade goods. peddle means to move from place to place to sell and crafts are handmade items, so the phrase now means 'to sell handmade or small-scale goods' often in an informal way.