fly-pitcher
fly-pitcher noun: an illicit street trader; one who engages in fly-pitching.
Noun
fly-pitcher (plural fly-pitchers)
- An illicit street trader; one who engages in fly-pitching.
- Because of their ‘here today, gone today’ character, fly pitchers do not have to worry about selling to more or less the same pool of customers or passers-by week in, week out.1995, Colin Clark, The Hard Sell: The Language and Lessons of Street-wise Marketing, page 173
- Once, Jason Statham sold cheap watches. Among other pieces of crap. “I was a ‘fly pitcher’ is what they call it,” he says. He used the streets of London to make a living, starting when he was around 142015 July/August, Tom Chiarella, quoting Jason Statham, “Jason Statham for your amusement”, in Esquire, page 52
Forms of fly-pitcher
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Questions about fly-pitcher
- What does fly-pitcher mean?
- Fly-pitcher means an illicit street trader; one who engages in fly-pitching.
- What part of speech is fly-pitcher?
- Fly-pitcher is a noun.
- What is the plural of fly-pitcher?
- The plural of fly-pitcher is fly-pitchers.
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