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

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 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

We had, for instance, some civil servants, some nurses, clerical workers, salesmen from the department stores.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey