| 单词 | pocket peddler |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspocket peddler pocket peddler n. U.S. (now historical) a street trader who sells alcoholic liquor from a bottle carried in his or her pocket. ΚΠ 1891 Chicago Tribune 18 July 4/5 Whether the rum shops were all open for the celebration, or whether the pocket peddlers did the business, is not for us to say. 1929 Lima (Ohio) News 18 Dec. 6/1 The expensive federal and state operatives spend too much time in looking after the home brewer and pocket peddler. 2003 Bangor (Maine) Daily News (Nexis) 29 Dec. c6 Driving liquor use out of respectable saloons into the ‘kitchen bars’ and onto the streets, where ‘pocket peddlers’ did a brisk business. < as lemmas |
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