commercial traveller
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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By now he was "quietly dressed" in a dark lounge suit and a fawn-coloured overcoat, and could have been a commercial traveller arriving ahead of business on Monday.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2021
As the 20th Century began, London-based commercial traveller John George Grant felt the division between the summer ball sports of tennis and cricket was pointless and perhaps a wasted opportunity for money-making.
From BBC • Jul. 21, 2014
A bagman is a commercial traveller carrying samples in a bag. was designed by Sir Christopher Wren and marked the western limits of the City of London.
From BBC • Dec. 24, 2012
The diary does not record how the commercial traveller felt about being turfed out.
From The Guardian • Apr. 9, 2010
Next to the Englishman was a big American in a loud suit—possibly a commercial traveller.
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
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