Pedlar vs. Peddler — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Pedlar and Peddler
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Pedlar
Variant of peddler.
Peddler
A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a chapman, cheapjack, hawker, higler, huckster, monger, colporteur or solicitor, is a traveling vendor of goods. In England, the term was mostly used for travellers hawking goods in the countryside to small towns and villages; they might also be called tinkers or gypsies.
Pedlar
Alternative spelling of peddler
Peddler
One who travels about selling wares for a living.
Pedlar
See Peddler.
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Peddler
An itinerant seller of small goods.
Pedlar
Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Peddler
A drug dealer.
Peddler
(figurative) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.
Peddler
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
Peddler
Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Peddler
An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
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