Pedlar
['pɛdlɚ]
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Pedler
Editor: Winthrop
Definition
See Peddle.
Edited by Bryan
Examples
- I think you might almost be sure, said the pedlar. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She was at home with everybody in the place, pedlars, punters, tumblers, students and all. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The first seemed to be an assembly of heroes and demigods; the other, a knot of pedlars, pick-pockets, highwayman, and bullies. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- His stock was more valuable than that of pedlars; but they did not think so, and passed his cart with eyes straight ahead. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They are found in all European countries to-day; they are tinkers, pedlars, horse-dealers, showmen, fortune-tellers, and beggars. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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