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Hawker's activity
Answer for the clue "Hawker's activity ", 8 letters:
peddling
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Word definitions for peddling in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Peddling \Ped"dling\, a. Hawking; acting as a peddler. Petty; insignificant. ``The miserable remains of a peddling commerce.'' --Burke.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of one who peddles. vb. (present participle of peddle English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of selling goods for a living [syn: vending , hawking , vendition ]
Usage examples of peddling.
One of them, sitting alone, was Ike Batchelor, a lush who had once been an advertising copy writer and who now got his drinking money peddling numbers tickets.
Rumors of murder for hire, kickbacks, bribes, and peddling his influence to the highest bidder had dogged him quietly for years, but nothing stuck.
Or for long romantic maneuverings or hurt feelings, lingering hellos or good-byes-most of all, not for the peddling of influence or attempts to push this or that point on him.
They drove down the Passeggiata Archeologica and watched the streetwalkers peddling their wares.
Not only was he peddling the stuff to amoeboid minors, but they believed that he had taken the photographs himself and that the model had been his own brotheror should I say sister?
There was an occasional obvious joker, like the short, blubbery, tusked fellow peddling newspapers by the door and the bicephalic singer on the small stage managing some nice harmony on a Cole Porter tune.
Not only had he been peddling a pack of lies to me about an eminent man, but - apparently the old Etonian and his friends had had their eyes on McMullen for some time.
Still and all, it was surely one of the lamest acts of influence peddling in all of American history.
Someone was still peddling machines or supplying simple blueprints by which they could be made.
As soon as a girl-child down here on the mean streets could walk, she knew just what the girls in the thongs and fishnets, the high heels and miniskirts were peddling.
Selina swears to God that she just managed the counter, peddling ticklers and crotch-less pants and plastic ladies a vibrator saleswoman and dildo-wrapper, no more.
But to-night he went out a peddling, you see, and I don't see what on airth keeps him so late, unless, may be, he can't sell his head.
The first senn't the crowd had been relatively clean of druggers and drunks, but as day blended into day that was changing, helped along by Itekkillykx peddling hardbrews of every complexion and Oldieppykx dickering over cachets of every brainscrambler Rallen produced.
He'll probably show up in the Hub eventually with the gems he took from Calat, and if he doesn't get caught peddling them he may wind up with around a million credits .
He'll probably show up in the Hub eventually with the gems he took from Calat, and if he doesn't get caught peddling them he may wind up with around a million credits .