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  2. Peddler - Wikipedia

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    A peddler (American English) or pedlar (British English) [a] is a door-to-door and/or travelling vendor of goods. In 19th-century America the word "drummer" was often used to refer to a peddler or traveling salesman; as exemplified in the popular play Sam'l of Posen; or, The Commercial Drummer by George H. Jessop .

  3. Hawker (trade) - Wikipedia

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    A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with costermonger or peddler. In most places where the term is used, a hawker sells inexpensive goods, handicrafts, or food items.

  4. Merchant - Wikipedia

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    Costumes of merchants from Brabant and Antwerp, engraving by Abraham de Bruyn, 1577. The English term, merchant comes from the Middle English, marchant, which is derived from Anglo-Norman marchaunt, which itself originated from the Vulgar Latin mercatant or mercatans, formed from present participle of mercatare ('to trade, to traffic or to deal in'). [1]

  5. Huckster - Wikipedia

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    The original meaning of huckster is a person who sells small articles, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store, like a peddler or hawker. The term probably derives from the Middle English hucc, meaning "to haggle". [1] The word was in use circa 1200 as "huccsteress".

  6. Sabdatharavali - Wikipedia

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    Sabdatharavali (Malayalam: ശബ്ദതാരാവലി; "A star cluster of words") is a Malayalam dictionary having more than 1800 pages and considered as the ...

  7. Boxwallah - Wikipedia

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    Boxwallah is a term with at least two vastly contrasting meanings: one denoting a street peddler in British India and the other denoting an elite corporate executive, chiefly in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata), in early postcolonial India.

  8. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for ...

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    Move over, Wordle, Connections and Mini Crossword—there's a new NYT word game in town! The New York Times' recent game, "Strands," is becoming more and more popular as another daily activity ...

  9. Peddlers - Wikipedia

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    Peddler, a travelling vendor of goods; Peddlers, a 2012 Indian film; The Peddlers, British music group This page was last edited on 13 ...