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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.
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.
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.
Trading cash for influence . Influence peddling, also called traffic of influence or trading in influence, is the practice of using one's influence in government or connections with authorities to obtain favours or preferential treatment for another, usually in return for payment.
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.