peddler

“He is an American manifestation, the peddler at our door,” he says.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

So when a peddler arrives with a rare item and information, the overseer’s interest is piqued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

He grew up believing his father was a poor street peddler.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2025

Gherie Wedeyesus, a teacher from Brent, said: "Let's put an end to this peddler of misery. Let's end this reign of terror and abolish Ofsted."

From BBC ● Apr. 10, 2023

As he left the cobbler’s, his new shoes squeaking on his feet, he saw a peddler pushing a barrow of limes up Cornhill.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

Families popped it over wood stoves; peddlers sold it in paper cones at circuses, carnivals and busy promenades.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

These are all committed peddlers of nonsense, but none has committed quite so fully, with so little regard for his or her personal reputation, as Lindell.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

A century or more ago, peddlers went from town to town selling tonics and pills that they said could cure just about any problem.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

For the majority of San Francisco, the outrage peddlers are a sideshow, a pale whisper against the force of the real show in places like AsiaSF.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

There were peddlers, who were like the tradesmen but poorer, that carried their goods on their backs.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz