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peddler

DEFINITIONS OF: peddler

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n someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)

Synonyms:
hawker, packman, pedlar, pitchman
Types:
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chapman
archaic term for an itinerant peddler
cheapjack
a peddler of inferior goods
crier
a peddler who shouts to advertise the goods he sells
muffin man
formerly an itinerant peddler of muffins
sandboy
a young peddler of sand; used now only to express great happiness in `happy as a sandboy'
transmigrante
a Latin American who buys used goods in the United States and takes them to Latin America to sell
Type of:
marketer, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor
someone who promotes or exchanges goods or services for money

n an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs

Synonyms:
drug dealer, drug peddler, drug trafficker, pusher
Type of:
criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw
someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
dealer
a seller of illicit goods
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