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A peddler, under English law, is defined as: "any hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, tinker, caster of metals, mender of chairs, or other person who, without any horse or other beast bearing or drawing burden, travels and trades on foot and goes from town to town or to other men's houses, carrying to sell or exposing for sale any goods, wares, or ...
Thieves' cant (also known as thieves' argot, rogues' cant, or peddler's French) [1] is a cant, cryptolect, or argot which was formerly used by thieves, beggars, and hustlers of various kinds in Great Britain and to a lesser extent in other English-speaking countries.
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.
The British English form and original spelling of peddler; Entertainment. The Pedlar (or The Wayfarer), ...
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".
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The Collins English Dictionary defines a boxwallah as a derogatory term referring to "an itinerant pedlar or salesman in India". [1] In various 19th and early 20th century writings, the term was used in this sense.
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 ...