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Noun: peddler  pe-d(u-)lur
Usage: N. Amer (=pedlar)
  1. Someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
    - pedlar [Brit, Cdn], packman, hawker, pitchman [N. Amer]
     
  2. An unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
    - pusher, drug peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker, pedlar [Brit, Cdn], narco [N. Amer]

Derived forms: peddlers

See also: peddle

Type of: criminal, crook, dealer, felon, malefactor, marketeer, marketer, outlaw, seller, trafficker, vender, vendor

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