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Pronunciation: [pˈɛdləz] (IPA)

Pedlars are individuals who sell goods door-to-door, usually without a fixed place of business. Synonyms for pedlars include hawkers, traders, merchants, vendors, salespeople, and sellers. These individuals can sell anything from clothing and accessories to food and household items. Street vendors are also common synonyms for pedlars, as they often sell their wares on the streets or in public areas. Another term for pedlars is itinerant vendors, implying their constant movement from one place to another. The term "ambulatory vendor" can be used as well, reflecting movement and mobility. Regardless of the term used, pedlars play an important role in commerce and continue to thrive in many cultures and countries.
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    Joseph Strutt
  • Under queen Elizabeth, the minstrels had lost the protection of the opulent; and their credit was sunk so low in the public estimation, that, by a statute in the thirty-ninth year of her reign against vagrants, they were included among the rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, and subjected to the like punishments. This edict also affected all fencers, bearwards, common players of interludes (with the exception of such players as belonged to great personages, and were authorised to play under the hand and seal of their patrons), as well as minstrels wandering abroad, jugglers, tinkers, and pedlars; and seems to have given the death's wound to the profession of the minstrels, who had so long enjoyed the public favour, and basked in the sunshine of prosperity.
    Joseph Strutt

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