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peddlery

peddlery noun: the trade or goods of a peddler.

Noun

peddlery (usually uncountable, plural peddleries)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The trade or goods of a peddler.
  2. (obsolete, usually) trickery
    • [...] may at one time or other looke with a good judgement into these their deceitfull Pedleries,1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 54

Forms of peddlery

pluralpeddleries
alternative formpedlary
alternative formpedlery

Origin of peddlery

From peddler + -y.

Questions about peddlery

What does peddlery mean?
Peddlery means the trade or goods of a peddler.
What part of speech is peddlery?
Peddlery is a noun.
What is the plural of peddlery?
The plural of peddlery is peddleries.

Words near peddlery in the dictionary

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

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