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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
stallholder
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But he's still refusing to meet stallholders who've lost money.
▪ I bet the stallholder hasn't stopped laughing.
▪ I simply lay out my views as a stallholder displays his wares in a market...
▪ In the Rathausplatz the stallholders were setting-up for the day's business.
▪ It caught the eyes of stallholders.
▪ The accused was a stallholder in a market.
▪ The first shipment arrived a few days ago and the stallholder got his stock on Friday evening.
▪ The Taunton 150 special anniversary ale almost sold out in the first day and most other stallholders enjoyed a brisk trade too!
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stallholder

n. A person who operates a market stall.

Usage examples of "stallholder".

Every stallholder on the market is trying to talk up his perfectly ordinary carrots and every white van that used to be smuggling cigarettes through the tunnel is busy humping sackloads of King Edwards around.

Cathy would go to the market and see if any of the stallholders might put them up.

Stray dogs growl and fight with each other, children play noisily in the dirt and women shout at the stallholders as they bargain for their cheapest vegetables.

Blott dropped to the ground and the stallholders fell back obediently.

Arms the usual press of farmers stood chatting among themselves, talking business with cattle dealers and corn merchants, while the shouts of the stallholders sounded over everything.

Shoppers and stallholders in the market cafe drink tea from thick, white mugs.

The stallholders regarded them hopefully but Korky knew where she was going.