What is "stallkeeper"

Usage examples of "stallkeeper".

The stallkeeper must have had in mind schoolchildren with vacation bug-collecting assignments to complete, but his display was devoid of popular items like butterflies and giant beetles.

The stallkeeper was never without tea-pot of earthenware, cup and rtsam-pa bag.

But Kestrel knew that Robin had no intention of doing anything that would give the stallkeeper an excuse for further rudeness.

The stallkeeper, sensing a desire to purchase that went beyond normal bargaining, drew out more surprises from a chest.

She went directly to the correct stall, waited with head down until the stallkeeper called her house name, and held out the basket and payment without looking up.

Now, however, perhaps seeking distraction from this culpable envy of mine, I stopped and looked, and the stallkeeper began at once to tell me that these goods of his were of a quality much superior to any that could be found elsewhere.

I had shown that stallkeeper that I was a person of consequence, no mere ignorant bumpkin to be taken in by his lies.

Shoppers ran en masse for the exits, while stallkeepers raced to take in their wares.

The stallkeepers were firing their braziers, setting up their kegs of beer and tubs of lemonade, setting out their slum for sale.

Many of the stallkeepers have in despair deserted the toy business, and gone in for comforters, kepis, and list soles.

All day I walk through the Nekropolis, talking to stallkeepers, stopping sometimes for tea.