travelling salesman
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He was soon promoted to a travelling salesman, working with sporting kennels before later managing a terrier dog show in Westminster.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2025
Pierce stars as the aging travelling salesman Willy Loman and Sharon D Clarke plays his loyal wife, Linda.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 7, 2022
A. P. Carter, the band’s patriarch, had worked as a travelling salesman, during which time he roamed central Appalachia, knocking on doors and “collecting” old folk songs.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 3, 2019
Salim is a travelling salesman, an emigre from Oman stranded in the snow of New York.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 21, 2017
At this point the priest left and I told the story about the travelling salesman who arrived at five o’clock in the morning at Marseilles when the mistral was blowing.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
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