pedlar

Definitions


[ˈpɛdlə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who goes from place to place selling small items
(e.g: the visit of the pedlar to Irish country houses was a very special event in the lives of children in the 1950s)



Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: perhaps an alteration of synonymous dialect pedder, apparently from dialect ped ‘pannier’




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