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Cheap-john

A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

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Backwardation noun · 78% connection

The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- a…

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Badger noun · 78% connection

An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grai…

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Ballad monger unknown · 78% connection

A seller or maker of ballads; a poetaster.

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Bawl verb · 78% connection

To proclaim with a loud voice, or by outcry, as a hawker or town-crier does.

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Carpetmonger noun · 78% connection

One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

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Chandler noun · 78% connection

A maker or seller of candles.

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Chapman noun · 78% connection

A peddler; a hawker.

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Chaunter noun · 78% connection

A street seller of ballads and other broadsides.

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Chemist noun · 78% connection

A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

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Chowder noun · 78% connection

A seller of fish.

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Colporteur noun · 78% connection

A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

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Contango noun · 78% connection

The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnigh…

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Costermonger noun · 78% connection

An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer.

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Dear superl. · 78% connection

Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

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Dudder noun · 78% connection

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap and flashy goods pretended to be smuggled; a duffer.

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Duffer noun · 78% connection

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.

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Dyne noun · 78% connection

The unit of force, in the C. G. S. (Centimeter Gram Second) system of physical units; that is, the force which, acting on a gram for a…

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Earnest noun · 78% connection

Something of value given by the buyer to the seller, by way of token or pledge, to bind the bargain and prove the sale.

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