hawking

Every day, some of L.A.’s poorest residents line up outside the county benefits office in South Central, weaving their way through a swarm of salesmen hawking deals that feel too good to be true.

Having a visible tan in Victorian times was a clear sign you were poor working class and probably spent most of your time hawking barrels of hay for very little recompense.

After watching the electro project Tantra Punk’s set — a singer marauding across the stage, fogged over with blood-colored lights — the couple passed by a merch booth hawking fresh herbs planted in tiny metal pots.

On his website, the attorney general is hawking his own products, including Alligator Alcatraz buttons and bumper stickers.

Instead, he has chosen to fight on, hawking pillows, sheets and slippers to pay his legal bills as he goes.