hawk, vend, deal; distribute; sell
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Peddle Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(v. t.)
To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
(v. i.)
To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license.
(v. i.)
To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
peddle
peddler \ped"dler\ (?), n. [oe. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. oe. ped a basket, of unknown origin.] one who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [written also pedlar and pedler.] "some vagabond huckster or peddler." akluyt.
To go about with a small stock of goods to sell.
Verb
1. sell or offer for sale from place to place
(synonym) monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch
(hypernym) deal, sell, trade
(derivation) pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
Peddle Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a canvasser, cheapjack, monger, higler or solicitor (with negative connotations since the 16th century), is a travelling 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. In London more specific terms were used, such as costermonger. There has long been a suspicion of dishonest or petty criminal activity associated with pedlars and travellers.
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