traveling salesman
Example Sentences
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Little wonder, then, that many patients preferred the services of women healers, or would take a risk on “quacks”—traveling salesmen selling ointments from town to town—rather than risk a visit to a hospital.
But as a traveling salesman across the South, he came to understand that winning his constituents’ hearts and minds meant winning on the football field.
Chuck Taylor was a semi-pro basketball player and traveling salesman for the Converse Rubber Shoe Company in the early 1920s when he designed the shoe.
From Los Angeles Times
At its heart is Jack, a traveling salesman played by Billy Crudup who sells condos on the moon — sorry, “lunar residencies” — to those disappointed with life on Earth.
From Seattle Times
Yes, Yankovic did acquire his first accordion from a traveling salesman.
From New York Times
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