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pedlar

or ped·ler

[ ped-ler ]

noun

, Chiefly British.
  1. variants of peddler.


pedlar

noun

  1. a person who peddles; hawker
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pedlar1

C14: changed from peder, from ped, pedde basket, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

It was crowned by a wide-brimmed bowler hat which the man wore pressed down upon his ears like a Jew pedlar.

I go to leave an empty basket at the door, and the lantern that the Shopkeeper set in the hand of the pedlar.

"So that is Hulda," said the pedlar to himself, as he went down the steep path into the middle of the world.

The pedlar turned his terrified, cowardly eyes upon Hulda, and sank lower and lower.

The pedlar no sooner heard Hulda boldly demand her rights than he fell on his knees and began to cry for mercy.

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