peddle (v. i.) To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to
place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as,
to peddle without a license.
peddle (v. i.) To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to
piddle.
peddle (v. t.) To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying
around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very
small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary📕
peddle ped′l, v.i. to travel about with a basket
or bundle of goods, esp. of smallwares, for sale: to
trifle.—v.t. to retail in small quantities.—ns.Pedd′ler, Ped′lar, Ped′ler, a hawker or travelling merchant;
Pedd′lery, Ped′lary, the trade or tricks of a peddler:
wares sold by a peddler.—adj.Pedd′ling, unimportant.—n. the
trade or tricks of a peddler. [Peddar, pedder, one who
carries wares in a ped or basket.]
Part of speech
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peddle, verb, present, 1st person singular of peddle (infinitive).
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