What is another word for peddling?

Pronunciation: [pˈɛdlɪŋ] (IPA)

Peddling is a term that is often used to describe the selling of illicit or illegal items by a street vendor. However, there are many other words that can be used to describe this type of activity. Some synonyms for peddling include vending, hawking, trading, dealing, and pushing. These words all convey the idea of selling something, but they may be more or less appropriate depending on the context and the type of items being sold. For example, vending and hawking are often used to describe the sale of food or beverages, while dealing and pushing are more commonly associated with illegal or dangerous substances.

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Usage examples for Peddling

It occurred to her that if he had been a patient in the hospital the injured man would in all probability not have been treated in his sight, while it seemed somewhat strange that he should now be peddling patent medicines in Canada had he been qualifying for his diploma.
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
Are you going to quit the peddling and take up a quarter-section with the girl?
"A Prairie Courtship"
Harold Bindloss
What I 'm to do with you, with your little peddling knowledge of a score of things, I can't imagine.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Peddling

  • You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.
    Cameron Diaz
  • If it were the Clinton people, they'd be sitting around figuring out how to pull themselves out. Instead the president is continuing to go around the country and peddling Social Security, which the needle is not moving on.
    Gwen Ifill
  • The idea that Bill Gates has appeared like a knight in shining armour to lead all customers out of a mire of technological chaos neatly ignores the fact that it was he, by peddling second-rate technology, who led them into it in the first place.
    Douglas Adams
  • Now, most of the time you couldn't be too sure of the quality of the drug. Although, in my experience the stuff was always of a very high quality, because back then we didn't have business majors peddling lower-quality stuff in an effort to increase profits.
    Lewis Black
  • It's been a lifelong problem of mine that those I've been closest to are the ones I've had the least influence on. My parents, my sister, my wife, even my cat — or maybe I should say especially my cat — have never really taken me seriously. That may help to explain why I finished up making a career of peddling my thoughts to the world in general. At least the world in general doesn't automatically dismiss anything coming from me, that is, so long as I say it in a neat epigram of 17 words or less.
    Ashleigh Brilliant

Related words: bike peddling, water peddling, peddle power, buy peddling, bicycle peddling, bicycle peddle

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