Synonyms:
peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
Meaning: someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
Usage examples
The peddler called anxiously, "Will you give me some mescal?"
The monkey shouted, "O, peddler boy, peddler boy, let go my foot.
The old woman gladly consented, and the prince dressed himself as a peddler.
Then the monkey called out, "O, peddler boy, peddler boy, let go my two hands.
"A peddler was to come to-day at four o'clock with pretty things for me to buy."
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy," he said to him, "please give me a banana." The image of wax answered never a word.
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy," the monkey shouted, "let go my body! Let go my body and my two feet and my two hands or I'll call all the other monkeys to help me!"
"O, peddler boy, peddler boy, let go my hand," the monkey called out. "Let go my hand and give me a banana or else I'll give you a hard, hard blow with my other hand." The image of wax did not let go.
Then the monkey called out in his loudest voice, "O, peddler boy, peddler boy, if you don't give me a banana I'll give you such a push that it will upset all of your bananas." The image of wax was silent.