travelling salesman

noun

1. Also called: commercial traveller.  traveller. a salesman who travels within an assigned territory in order to sell merchandise or to solicit orders for the commercial enterprise he represents by direct personal contact with customers and potential customers

Example Sentences

He was soon promoted to a travelling salesman, working with sporting kennels before later managing a terrier dog show in Westminster.

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The prime minister has become something of a travelling salesman for his deal: taking in Windsor, parliament, Northern Ireland and parliament again in just over 24 hours.

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He was a travelling salesman in the 1960's - making business calls from a phone box after losing his company's premises.

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A travelling salesman by day, Williams fulfilled his racing ambitions at the weekend and, aged just 24, he launched his own team, Frank Williams Racing Cars.

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After many years as a travelling salesman, spending long hours in traffic jams and lonely hotel rooms, he was looking for a job that would give him more time with his family.

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