Word Meanings - PEDDLERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler. 2. Trifling; trickery. "Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries." Milton.

Related words: (words related to PEDDLERY)

• HAWKED
  Curved like a hawk's bill; crooked.
• TRADE-MARK
  A peculiar distinguishing mark or device affixed by a manufacturer or a merchant to his goods, the exclusive right of using which is recognized by law.
• HAWKER
  One who sells wares by crying them in the street; hence, a peddler or a packman.
• TRIFLE
  trifle, probably the same word as F. truffe truffle, the word being 1. A thing of very little value or importance; a paltry, or trivial, affair. With such poor trifles playing. Drayton. Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmation strong
• BUSINESS
  The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's
• SMALLISH
  Somewhat small. G. W. Cable.
• TRADESFOLK
  People employed in trade; tradesmen. Swift.
• TRICKERY
  The art of dressing up; artifice; stratagem; fraud; imposture.
• HAWK MOTH
  Any moth of the family Sphingidæ, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at twilight and hover about flowers like a humming bird, sucking the honey by means of a long, slender proboscis.
• HAWKEYE STATE
  Iowa; -- a nickname of obscure origin.
• TRADESPEOPLE
  People engaged in trade; shopkeepers.
• RETAIL
  The sale of commodities in small quantities or parcels; -- opposed to wholesale; sometimes, the sale of commodities at second hand.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• PEDDLER
  One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. "Some vagabond huckster or peddler." Hakluyt.
• THESE
  The plural of this. See This.
• HAWK-EYED
  Having a keen eye; sharpsighted; discerning.
• TRIFLORAL; TRIFLOROUS
  Three-flowered; having or bearing three flowers; as, a triflorous peduncle.
• TRIFLING
  Being of small value or importance; trivial; paltry; as, a trifling debt; a trifling affair. -- Tri"fling*ly, adv. -- Tri"fling*ness, n.
• RETAILMENT
  The act of retailing.
• TRADED
  Professional; practiced. Shak.
• MOHAWK
  One of a tribe of Indians who formed part of the Five Nations. They formerly inhabited the valley of the Mohawk River. 2. One of certain ruffians who infested the streets of London in the time of Addison, and took the name from the Mohawk Indians.
• SOLE TRADER
  A feme sole trader.
• DISMALLY
  In a dismal manner; gloomily; sorrowfully; uncomfortably.
• HOVER-HAWK
  The kestrel.
• DORHAWK
  The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. Booth.
• COUNTRETAILLE
  A counter tally; correspondence . At the countretaille, in return. Chaucer.
• FISHHAWK
  The osprey , found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.
• JASHAWK
  A young hawk. Booth.
• SEA HAWK
  A jager gull.
• GOSHAWK
  Any large hawk of the genus Astur, of which many species and varieties are known. The European and the American are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk is pure white.