peddle Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb sell or offer for sale from place to place
monger; vend; pitch; hawk; huckster.
WordNet
Ped"dle intransitive verb
Etymology
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To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to .peddle without a license -
To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.
Ped"dle transitive verb
Wordforms
Definitions
To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to .peddle vegetables or tinware