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peddler
has definitions from the fields of work,business,law,criminal law
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[ noun ] (work,business) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Used in print (William Maxwell, The Chateau....)They went shopping in the neighborhood , and bought two loaves_of_bread with the ration coupons they had been given in Blois , and some cheese , and a dozen eggs , and a bag of oranges from a peddler in the Place_Redoute - the first oranges they had seen since they landed . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)They stayed in their own world on the bluff , waiting for letters and the peddler , bringing the news . The peddler came bawling his wares and told them of the convention in Wheeling , Which had formed a new state_government by declaring the government at Richmond in the east illegal because they were traitors . Related terms seller crier sandboy chapman transmigrante muffin_man peddle |
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[ noun ] (law,criminal law,work,business) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
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