traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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The traveling salesman must therefore travel on these roads no matter what.
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Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
His father, Ernest, was a traveling salesman, and his mother, Norah (Lawless) Kemp, managed the home.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Charles Cruft, a traveling salesman who later worked as general manager for a manufacturing company that made dog toys and biscuits, did not put on his first dog show, in Islington, England, before 1891.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
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Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
His father, Ernest, was a traveling salesman, and his mother, Norah (Lawless) Kemp, managed the home.
—Clay Risen, New York Times, 29 May 2024
Charles Cruft, a traveling salesman who later worked as general manager for a manufacturing company that made dog toys and biscuits, did not put on his first dog show, in Islington, England, before 1891.
—Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
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