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pedlary, n. (a.)|ˈpɛdlərɪ|
Also 6 -arie, 6–7 -erie, 6–9 pedlery, 9 peddlery.
[f. pedlar + -y: cf. beggary.]
1. The business or practice of a pedlar. Also fig.
1604Hieron Answ. Popish Rime Wks. 1613 I. 569 Those sacraments, which holy be, You stayn'd haue with your pedlery. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 119 ⁋6, I..might..have been doomed..to the grossness of pedlary, and the jargon of usury. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 320 Those ‘small wares’, the sale of which constituted..the staple of ancient pedlery.
b. Small goods sold by pedlars: pedlars' wares.
1593Nashe Christ's T. Wks. (Gros.) IV. 142 The third time..they shall haue baser commodities: the fourth time Lute strings and gray Paper... When thus this young Vsurer hath thrust all hys pedlary into the hands of nouice heyres,..he [etc.]. 1759Bk. of Fairs 9 Mwrras, Carmarthenshire, Aug. 21, for cattle, sheep, and pedlary. 1858Mrs. Oliphant Laird of Norlaw I. 290 An unbelievable accumulation of pedlery. 1890Hallett 1000 Miles in Shan States 4 You may see..parties of Shans..with..sundry articles of peddlery.
2. Trifling or contemptible practices or things; trumpery, trash, rubbish.
1530Tindale Answ. More (Parker Soc.) 170 To confirm his preaching of ear-confession and pardons, with like pedlary. 1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋252 More ridiculous pedleries then the pageantries and puppetries of Bartholmew Faire. 1816Coleridge Lay Serm. 341 Wandering..with its pack of amulets, bead-rolls,..fetisches, and the like pedlary.
B. attrib. or as adj.
1. lit. Belonging to a pedlar or his occupation; pedlar's.
1550Bale Eng. Votaries ii. 99 Saynte Godrycke..went first abroade with pedlary wares, and afterwardes on pilgrimage. 1587Harrison England iii. xv, Little else..than good drinke, pies, and some pedlerie trash. 1630Tinker of Turvey, Tinker's T. (1859) 18, I would have pawn'd all the pedlary packes that ever I carried. 1748Richardson Clarissa III. let. 2. 1824 Miss Mitford Village Ser. i. (1863) 216 Solid old-fashioned silken pincushions, such as Autolycus might have carried about amongst his pedlery-ware.
†2. fig. Fit for a pedlar; pedlar-like, peddling, trashy, ‘trumpery’, ‘rubbishy’. Obs.
1555R. Taylor in Foxe A. & M. (1570) 1705/1 Hys pedlary pelfe packe is contrarye to the playne simplicitie of Christes supper. 1563Becon Displ. Pop. Mass Wks. iii. 43 Your peuishe, Popish, priuate pedlary peltyng Masse. 1674Evelyn Navig. & Commerce Misc. Writ. (1805) 634 Condemning the pedlary and sordid vices of retailers. |