as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Recent Examples of hawker
After graduating from secondary school, Mackenzie worked as a street hawker in Mombasa, then drove a taxi in Malindi.
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Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
They were both placed on a 10-day remand for interrogation over the death of 24-year-old hawker Md.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Inside the two-story complex, hawkers sell everything from glamour to junk.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
In the early days, Penang was probably more famous for the sun, the beach, and our hawker food.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 July 2024
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Alexis Okeowo, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
They were both placed on a 10-day remand for interrogation over the death of 24-year-old hawker Md.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Inside the two-story complex, hawkers sell everything from glamour to junk.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 July 2024
In the early days, Penang was probably more famous for the sun, the beach, and our hawker food.
—Charlie Campbell, TIME, 21 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
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Another vendor will be Burn Boot Camp Poway, at 14767 Pomerado Road.Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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So if, as the authors note, hardware vendors are shifting toward low-precision inference, that’s an excellent example.John Werner, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
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For example, Kirkland’s Extra Virgin Olive Oil is consistently rated a best seller and a favorite among shoppers for both quality and price.Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2025
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One of the platform’s centerpiece features is a deposit and escrow service, connecting buyers and sellers to help facilitate their transactions.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2025
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Those who benefit will be the peddlers of lies and provable garbage, on everything from the efficacy of vaccines to the reality of climate change to the basic fact of who won the 2020 election.New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Some of the biggest peddlers of drone hokum have been elected officials.Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2024
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During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
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Further afield, a merchant vessel found off of Israel’s coast, about 5,900 feet beneath the surface of the Mediterranean Sea, made headlines as the oldest deep-sea shipwreck identified to date.Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Dec. 2024
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The Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad.Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024
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Only a huckster and scam artist like Trump could persuade people to vote against their own interests.Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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