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also pedlar
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
the peddler on the street corner selling baseball caps
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Recent Examples of peddler
The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
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Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Hanaway characterized the stores as deceptive drug peddlers.
—Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
The arguments about whether or not the drug peddlers should be banished becomes the central narrative thread.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 13 Mar. 2026
The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peddler
Noun
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For a few seconds, everyone at Progressive Field — players, umpires, fans, cotton candy vendors — stared at the video board, awaiting the handy diagram that would determine whether the Cleveland Guardians’ lead was in jeopardy.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Organized by the Encinitas 101 MainStreet Association, the event featured more than 450 vendors selling arts, crafts, and international food, plus several entertainment stages and a dog-friendly beer garden.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Such a transaction takes some of the leverage out of the seller’s grasp on the transaction.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2026
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This set, which includes lip liner, blush, and lipstick, is the smartest way to snag some top sellers and makes for a good gift.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2026
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At the same time, a backlog of 18,000 merchant mariner credentials has built up, delaying the certification of workers essential to maritime commerce.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
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At the mall’s food court, customers frequently pay using an app that grants small credit lines affiliated to certain merchants.—
CNN Staff,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2026
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Even as physicians began to professionalize care during the nineteenth century, most people were purchasing remedies from hucksters.—
Dr. Marschall Runge,
Forbes.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Mar. 2026
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The restaurant became a minor sensation—the titular dish is terrific, silken and subtle and rich, but what most stood out was a rotating lineup of specials, mostly hawker-style Malaysian fare, particularly the food of Klang, his parents’ home town, on Malaysia’s western coast.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Bring your pastry to Marine Parade’s public lawns for a lakeside lunch in view of street performers, snack carts and thrill ride hawkers.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Heppner’s father, an art dealer who had served in the Imperial German Army during World War I, died in 1945, when Heppner was 11.—
Lois K. Solomon,
Sun Sentinel,
30 Apr. 2026
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CarEdge offers tools for buying cars, such as invoice pricing and dealer quotes, buying guides, value ratings, insurance estimations and more.—
Danny Smith,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Peddler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peddler. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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