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hawkers

hawkers is the plural of hawker.

Meaning of hawker

Noun (1)

hawker (plural hawkers)

  1. A peddler, a huckster, a person who sells easily transportable goods.
    • The other [witness] was one Sim Doolittle, the fish hawker from Allerfoot, jogging home in his fish cart from Gledsmuir fair.1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
  2. Any dragonfly of the family Aeshnidae; a darner.
  3. (Singapore) A seller of food in a hawker centre.

Noun (2)

hawker (plural hawkers)

  1. Someone who breeds and trains hawks and other falcons; a falconer.

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Phrases with hawkers

Questions about hawkers

What is hawkers the plural of?
Hawkers is the plural of hawker.

Words near hawkers in the dictionary

  1. hawker centre
  2. hawker centres
  3. Hawkeridge
  4. hawkeries
  5. hawkerless
  6. hawkers
  7. hawkery
  8. Hawkes
  9. Hawkesbury
  10. Hawkesbury Heights
  11. Hawkesdale

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