Hypertext Webster Gateway: "peddling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peddle \Ped"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Peddling}.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Peddling \Ped"dling\, a.
1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.
2. Petty; insignificant. ``The miserable remains of a
peddling commerce.'' --Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
peddling
n : the act of selling goods for a living [syn: {vending}, {hawking},
{vendition}]
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