pitchman
noun
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.
pitchmen
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pluralof pitchman.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
Stick advertising logos all over their uniforms like stock cars and let the players be pitchmen.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
He cried for himself and for his family—for his parents, who had lived their whole lives in a kind of dreamless and embittered sleep, haunted by phantasms and suckered by the empty promises of pitchmen.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
