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Peddlery

Peddlery \Ped"dler*y\, n. [Written also pedlary and pedlery.]

  1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.

  2. Trifling; trickery. [Obs.] ``Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries.''
    --Milton.

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peddlery

alt. 1 (context obsolete English) The trade or goods of a peddler. 2 (context obsolete English) trickery n. 1 (context obsolete English) The trade or goods of a peddler. 2 (context obsolete English) trickery