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Peddler vs Peddlery - What's the difference?

peddler | peddlery |

As nouns the difference between peddler and peddlery

is that peddler is an itinerant seller of small goods; a hawker while peddlery is (obsolete) the trade or goods of a peddler.

peddler

English

Alternative forms

* pedlar (UK )

Noun

(en noun)
  • An itinerant seller of small goods; a hawker.
  • A dealer in illegal drugs.

    • External links

    * (wikipedia "peddler") English agent nouns

    peddlery

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pedlary * pedlery

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete) The trade or goods of a peddler.
  • (obsolete) trickery
    • Look into these their deceitful peddleries. — Milton.
    (Webster 1913)