salesmen
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It’s often surprising how few people — including not only investors but also Wall Street salesmen — actually seem to understand stock prices.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026
Back in 1879, those clerks and salesmen and their wives who frequented bucket shops understood they were operating outside the bounds of Wall Street.
From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026
By contrast, when Franglen composed the music for the Wind Traders - a nomadic clan of salesmen, who travel by airship - he could let his imagination run wild.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025
Mr. McGuane’s hapless heroes are local politicians, insurance salesmen, small-town lawyers and other workaday hustlers intent on “getting somewhere among people going nowhere.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025
Two muscular young men in undershirts, probably salesmen from the store, were gasping next to it.
From "Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution" by Ji-li Jiang
