peddler

[ ped-ler ]

/ ˈpɛd lər /

a person who sells from door to door or in the street.

a person who tries to promote some cause, candidate, viewpoint, etc.

Also especially British, ped·lar, ped·ler.

Origin of peddler

1350–1400; Middle English pedlere, unexplained variant of peder, derivative of ped(de) basket

Mandelbaum began her climb to the top of the crime world as a peddler on the rough-and-tumble, bustling streets of New York City.

Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss |J. North Conway |September 7, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
According to tradition, the typical Yankee peddler was thought to be so shrewd that he could carve and sell counterfeit nutmegs.

Ted Thompson’s Debut Novel Features A 1 Percenter As Its Hero |Stefan Beck |May 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Just look at Zynga, the peddler of Facebook games Farmville and Mafia Wars.

How Joining Facebook Is Hurting Instagram |Alex Klein |August 28, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The peddler's savings, considerably increased by skilful financial manipulation, had attained a very high figure.

Luxury-Gluttony: |Eugne Sue

The silence of the moors wrapped them round, and also the peddler's stammer was a burden to his speech.

Long Will |Florence Converse
I know I have disgraced the family, but I shall never understand why riding with the peddler should do this.

The Heart's Country |Mary Heaton Vorse
Two years later he came to the Pittsburgh District, where, as a peddler in the country towns, he gradually regained his strength.

Charities and the Commons: The Pittsburgh Survey, Part I: The People |Various
It was a new kind of arithmetic, his friend Rugg, the peddler, told him.

Shenac's Work at Home |Margaret Murray Robertson

peddler

/ (ˈpɛdlə) /

a person who sells illegal drugs, esp narcotics

the usual US spelling of pedlar