pedlar
/ˈpɛdlər/
noun
- A person who travels from place to place selling small goods, often carrying them in a pack or cart.
- In the old days, a pedlar would walk miles carrying his wares on his back.
- The market square was full of pedlars selling trinkets and cloth.
- The pedlar came to the village every month with ribbons, needles, and spices.
- A person who spreads something (such as gossip, ideas, or drugs) in an informal or secretive way.
- The politician accused his opponent of being a pedlar of false promises.
- The police arrested a pedlar of illegal medicines outside the train station.
- He was known as a pedlar of rumors, always whispering stories about his neighbors.
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