peddling

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peddling

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of peddle

noun peddlings

  1. The act of one who peddles. Boats shuttled to and fro, and the hawkings and peddlings of all sorts of wares helped to create an amazing scene of activity and prosperity.

adjective

  1. not comparable insignificant; unimportant; piddling

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: vendition, hawking, vending, trafficker, trafficking, smuggling, marketing, selling, traffic, touting, peddlery, fadmongering, horrormongering, footpaddery, pluggery, bootleggery

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@misc{peddling_2026,
  title = {peddling},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/peddling},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}