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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 .
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.
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.
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 ...
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 mágtatahô walking through a residential area in Manila. A strawberry taho vendor in Session Road, Baguio. The Mágtatahô (tahô vendor) is a common sight in the Philippine streets.
In Indonesia, there are many shapes and method of food peddlers, including pikulan which is the seller carrying things using a rod; gerobak, a wheeled food pushcart; and sepeda using a bicycle or a tricycle; a hybrid between a cart and a bicycle. In Indonesia, traditionally there are several types and methods on selling street food, they are: