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peddler

[ ped-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

peddler

/ ˈpɛdlə /

Origin of peddler¹

1350–1400; Middle English pedlere, unexplained variant of peder, derivative of ped ( de ) basket

Legal rum from Cuba seems to be one possibility, though the idea of becoming a legitimate liquor peddler hardly brings any heat.

Mandelbaum began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, bustling streets of New York City.

Supporters of conspiracy peddler Alex Jones are FURIOUS that I dared to note his dismissal of the Apollo 11 mission.

But still: the move from governor to green-peddler is significant.

According to tradition, the typical Yankee peddler was thought to be so shrewd that he could carve and sell counterfeit nutmegs.

Fifty pistols lighted the scene, and the bullets whistled in every direction around the head of the devoted peddler.

Katy, turning her face, saw the peddler himself standing within the door of the room.

Disregarding all but the fact that his father still lived, the peddler stole gently into the room of his dying parent.

A noise in the adjoining room interrupted the dying man, and the impatient peddler hastened to learn the cause.

The door was opened and the Skinners entered, dragging the peddler, bending beneath the load of his pack.

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