Ped"dler (?), n. [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.]
One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker.
[Written also
pedlar and
pedler.] "Some vagabond huckster or
peddler."
Hakluyt.
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