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peddlers

peddlers is the plural of peddler.

Meaning of peddler

Noun

peddler (plural peddlers)

  1. An itinerant seller of small goods.
  2. A drug dealer.
    • Here's a cure for all your troubles
      Here's an end to all distress
      It's the old dope peddler
      With his powdered happiness1953, Tom Lehrer, “The Old Dope Peddler”, in Songs by Tom Lehrer, Pantheon, published 1981, page 18
  3. (figuratively) A fake-news disseminator; A conspiracy-theory propagator.

Phrases with peddlers

Questions about peddlers

What is peddlers the plural of?
Peddlers is the plural of peddler.

Words near peddlers in the dictionary

  1. peddler
  2. peddler's fair
  3. peddleress
  4. peddleresses
  5. peddleries
  6. peddlers
  7. peddlery
  8. peddles
  9. peddles one's ass
  10. peddlesome
  11. peddling

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