: one who hawks wares
The sidewalks are filled with hawkers selling vegetables and trinkets and women in blankets roasting cobs of corn on makeshift fires.—
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Noun (2)
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Daniella Silva, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Don’t miss the katong laksa and ayam buah keluak (an iconic Peranakan dish, and a personal favorite of mine) prepared by Shangri-La chefs in collaboration with local cooks from Singapore’s hawker centers.
—Elizabeth See, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
While dozens of hawkers normally fill that third -of-a-mile-long stretch, only two stands were open for business a day after the raids.
—Daniella Silva, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
There also did not appear to be many hawkers, who stand on the sidewalk with binders filled with photographs of different items that are later retrieved from a storefront, storage bin or other location upon request.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Don’t miss the katong laksa and ayam buah keluak (an iconic Peranakan dish, and a personal favorite of mine) prepared by Shangri-La chefs in collaboration with local cooks from Singapore’s hawker centers.
—Elizabeth See, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025
The mall fills up with crappy weed shops and keychain hawkers; underfunding means the maintenance slips; eventually, maybe, there’s a bankruptcy, followed by a long twilight as an eyesore.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 24 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hawker
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hawker. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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