pedlary

American

[ped-luh-ree] / ˈpɛd lə ri /

noun

plural

pedlaries

a variant of peddlery.

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His father, besides having a shoemaker’s shop, kept riding horses for hire; but having fallen into difficulties was reduced ultimately to the necessity of hawking pedlary.

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Easter Tuesday, for cheese and cattle; Whit-Wednesday for pedlary; September 23, for cattle and hiring servants, Devonport.

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Whit-Monday; Nov. 22, cattle and pedlary; second Tuesday in every month, cattle.—Bankers,

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Whit Monday, June 29, and October 2, for horses and pedlary.—Bankers,

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P.M.—Fairs, May 14, cattle and hogs; August 21, hogs, cattle, and sheep; September 25, cattle and sheep; December 17, cattle and pedlary; second Tuesday in every month for cattle.—Bankers,

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