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handsellers

handsellers is the plural of handseller.

Meaning of handseller

Noun

handseller (plural handsellers)

  1. (archaic) A cheapjack, or itinerant seller.
    • And I have no hesitation in saying, “we three”—viz., Aaron Jessell, William Green, and Friday, were a match for any six handsellers then on the road, masters or men.1876, William Green, Charles Hindley, The Life and Adventures of a Cheap Jack, page 109

Questions about handsellers

What is handsellers the plural of?
Handsellers is the plural of handseller.

Words near handsellers in the dictionary

  1. handseled
  2. handseling
  3. handsell
  4. handselled
  5. handseller
  6. handsellers
  7. handselling
  8. handsells
  9. handsels
  10. handservant
  11. handservants

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