单词 | pedlaring |
释义 | pedlaringn. The occupation of a pedlar; itinerant trade in small goods. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] > itinerant selling pedlary1531 hawking1542 bogginga1555 peddling1591 pedlarism1699 pedlaring1839 doorstepping1909 1839 R. M. Bird Adventures Robin Day I. xxi. 172 I starts off to try my luck a pedlering. 1854 Times 30 Dec. 9/1 His hours of leisure were devoted to ‘pedlaring’. He boiled molasses into..candy, and sold it. 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 266 Pedlaring did not continue to be a pretty thing. 1905 Hawking in A. B. Paterson Old Bush Songs 78 Pedlaring yields more delight Than ever digging gold did. 1996 C. McDowell Tamil Asylum Diaspora xii. 277 Trade in alcohol, foodstuffs and fancy goods that was derided by mainlanders as mere pedlaring. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839 |
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