pedlar
ped·lar [pedlar pedlars] (BrE) (NAmE ped·dler)BrE [ˈpedlə(r)] NAmE [ˈpedlər] noun a person who in the past travelled from place to place trying to sell small objects See also: ↑peddler Word Origin: Middle English: perhaps an alteration of synonymous dialect pedder, apparently from dialect ped ‘pannier’. Example Bank: •They were essentially a poor community of cattle traders and pedlars.
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