traveling agent
Example Sentences
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Edson was a traveling agent for Herring & Co., a safe manufacturer, and a man of loose morals looking for easy money.
From Slate • Dec. 28, 2023
His mother, Carrie, worked for a time as a traveling agent for The Plaindealer.
From New York Times • Aug. 9, 2018
James Randall had bought him and three other slaves from a traveling agent after the fever deaths a year and a half ago.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
Frank believed he recognized in this party a traveling agent who visited the jewelers in the lake towns several times a year.
From The Outdoor Chums on the Lake Lively Adventures on Wildcat Island by Allen, Quincy
The evening passed very quietly; Mr. Martin was absent in a distant State, whither, as traveling agent for a mercantile house, he was often called.
From Beulah by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)
