peddler's

Itinerant seller's possession

Peddler's is the possessive form of peddler—a person who travels about selling goods, typically small items carried in a pack or cart.

The possessive indicates belonging to or association with such a seller: the peddler's wares, a peddler's license.

The phrase peddler's French once described the broken language of itinerant traders.

trade

wares

Items offered for sale

vendor's · tinker's · street · market · traveling · itinerant · pack · basket · tray · doorstep

historical

wagon

Wheeled hauling vehicle

frontier · itinerant · pots · pans · ribbons · almanacs · settlements · villages · countryside · license

deceptive

snake-oil

Fraudulent cure-all

  • schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
  • pitchFrequency of sound
  • falseNot matching reality

dubious · questionable · swindle · unscrupulous · fraudulent · claims · promises · gullible · marks · victims

Opposites
commercial mobility

peddler'sshopkeeper's

Of a retail proprietor

merchant's · retailer's · proprietor's · establishment's · warehouse's

commercial scale and legitimacy

peddler'stycoon's

Belonging to a mogul

corporation's · industrialist's

buyer vs. seller role

peddler'sbuyer's

Belonging to a customer

customer's · purchaser's · consumer's · patron's · client's

Phrases
Family

peddler, peddlers

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G