pitchman
Americannoun
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pitchmen
plural
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an itinerant vendor of small wares that are usually carried in a case with collapsible legs, allowing it to be set up or removed quickly.
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any high-pressure salesperson, as one at a concession at a fair or carnival.
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a person who delivers a message on radio or television, as for a product, cause, etc.
noun
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an itinerant pedlar of small merchandise who operates from a stand at a fair, etc
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any high-pressure salesman or advertiser
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Norris also maintained other income steams, including a long-running role as a pitchman for the Total Gym line of exercise equipment, promoting his fitness regimen well into his 80s.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 20, 2026
He’s the pitchman for a Dan Ives–branded exchange-traded fund of big companies in the artificial-intelligence business.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
The man who made his mark as a fighter and a minister, a pitchman and an entrepreneur was always coming back for more.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
“Consider these moving Pet Rocks,” a pitchman said on TV.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025
A trapper, the pitchman of a medicine show.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Mr. Cooper is funny in a supporting role, as is that longstanding MVP of pitchmen, football legend Peyton Manning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025
Booking.com has enlisted the Muppets to get you to rent an all-inclusive in the Bahamas, and they score some points for bringing on Statler and Waldorf as pitchmen.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2025
Let us not speak of them in the same category as true pitchmen.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
As the industry boomed, he became one of its most successful and charismatic pitchmen.
From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2023
I had the feeling for a moment I was in the carnival I had seen recently in a movie, with its pushing, shoving, noisy throng, and its shouting, arm-waving vendors and pitchmen.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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