peddle
verb (used with object)
to carry (small articles, goods, wares, etc.) from place to place for sale at retail; hawk.
had peddled
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past perfectof peddle.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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This legal dust-up involved supposedly conservative municipal bond investments that Smith Barney had peddled to its wealthiest clients.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2011
It seemed a sweet deal for the bank, whose Countrywide Home Loans unit had peddled tens of billions of dollars in risky loans to the taxpayer-owned companies.
From New York Times ● Jan. 8, 2011
When they heard reports that Lewandowski had peddled negative stories about Kushner to reporters, the kids confronted Trump over a Father’s Day gathering at his Bedminster, N.J., golf club.
From Time ● Nov. 29, 2
In high school he had peddled exam answers to his fellow students, then told his teacher that they were cheating.
From Time Magazine Archive
She was over ninety years old, and for more than fifty years she had peddled herbs in Altmühltal.
From The Goose Man by Allen Wilson Porterfield
