door-to-door salesman
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Macron might as well have been a door-to-door salesman.
From Salon • Feb. 26, 2025
Subtle scratches and fingerprints on the contraptions add to the door-to-door salesman aesthetic, making it feel touched.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 2023
After the War, Mervyn spent time as a door-to-door salesman - a job he did not enjoy.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2022
At conferences and meetings in the late 1990s, like a door-to-door salesman, Mr. Reicher would pull a solar shingle out of his briefcase to illustrate his vision for the future of home electricity.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2021
Even when dressed in a stiff suit, like a door-to-door salesman, he seemed to have sprung from a mythic age.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
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