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pedlar

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Etymology

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

Noun

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pedlar (plural pedlars)

  1. (chiefly British, otherwise dated) Alternative spelling of peddler
    • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XXXVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. [], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, [], →OCLC, page 162:
      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,...
    • 1942 July-August, Philip Spencer, “On the Footplate in Egypt”, in Railway Magazine, page 208:
      I had strolled along the platform where the native pedlars called their wares as passengers leaned from the wide carriage windows.

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