peddler

“He is an American manifestation, the peddler at our door,” he says.

From Slate ● Feb. 25, 2026

So when a peddler arrives with a rare item and information, the overseer’s interest is piqued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 13, 2026

Iris is visibly insecure about Isaac’s conversations with other women, including the strawberry peddler who coos that he has “soft hands,” and his mother, who dials him up to crack inside jokes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2025

Moreover, skeptics of Scobie's work have accused him of being a peddler for the former Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

From Salon ● Nov. 27, 2023

He was a peddler and mender of toys, the red and gold wagon was his shop and his home, and he had driven into the woods to camp for the night.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

Soon the peddlers men gave up on coal and the bistro was born—created not by Parisians, but by Aveyronnais immigrants.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

These are all committed peddlers of nonsense, but none has committed quite so fully, with so little regard for his or her personal reputation, as Lindell.

From Slate ● Dec. 11, 2025

A century or more ago, peddlers went from town to town selling tonics and pills that they said could cure just about any problem.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

For the majority of San Francisco, the outrage peddlers are a sideshow, a pale whisper against the force of the real show in places like AsiaSF.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023

She darted around obstacles—broken furniture left for the trash heaps or for scavengers, stoves and refrigerators that were past repair, peddlers sitting on the pavement with their wares spread out around them.

From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau