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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 .
In England and Europe during the medieval period, the term "huckster" was synonymous with "peddler." [5] [6] Hucksters and peddlers belonged to a broad group of resellers who purchased surplus stocks from weekly provincial markets and fairs and then resold them at larger daily markets or engaged in door-to-door selling.
When printing Lithuanian language books in Latin alphabet was forbidden in Russian Empire, book peddlers, knygnešiai in Lithuanian, smuggled the books printed abroad, in Lithuania Minor, under the threat of criminal prosecution.
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.
The British English form and original spelling of peddler; Entertainment. The Pedlar (or The Wayfarer), a painting by Hieronymus Bosch; The Isis Pedlar, a novel;
Peddler, a travelling vendor of goods; Peddlers, a 2012 Indian film; The Peddlers, British music group This page was last edited on 13 ...
Paul the Peddler; or the Fortunes of a Young Street Merchant: 1871 Juvenile novel. Serialized in Student and Schoolmate. Novelization published by Loring. Second volume in the Tattered Tom Series. Young entrepreneur goes from selling candy to owning a necktie stand. Online at Gutenberg: Strong and Steady; or, Paddle Your Own Canoe: 1871 ...
An American manual alphabet card, 2013. Deaf peddlers are Deaf people who sell to the wider public manual alphabet cards, keychains, nail clippers, pencils and pens, [1] national flags, [2] [3] or receipts in various amounts, which they have printed themselves.