pedlar

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The pedlar carried ribbons and needles from village to village.

2. 2
   noun

   Alternative spelling of peddler.

   After a time she touched the bell, with great caution; the cook appeared, to whom she gave a slip of paper, on which the woman vanished, leaving the little pedlar of small wares standing on the steps, where she had already placed her basket,...

From Middle English pedlare, variant of Middle English pedare. More at peddler.

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