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
His father, a construction worker, and his mother, a hawker, had 11 children and could only afford to send Lee to school for six years.
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Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
After graduating from secondary school, Mackenzie worked as a street hawker in Mombasa, then drove a taxi in Malindi.
—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
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Ram Anand, Fortune Asia, 9 Sep. 2024
After graduating from secondary school, Mackenzie worked as a street hawker in Mombasa, then drove a taxi in Malindi.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
Noun
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Beyer said hospital administrators ignored concerns from staff about the lack of payments to vendors, who provide equipment, supplies, and nursing or anesthesiologist staff to the hospital.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
4 Mar. 2025
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Failing to assess the security practices of third-party vendors can result in indirect breaches.—
Dan Sorensen,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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While active inventory levels are expected to rise by 11.7 percent, increasing options for buyers, many markets still face supply constraints that favor sellers.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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When a criminal misuses a lawful product, the companies say, the criminal is responsible for his actions, not the manufacturer or seller.—
Mary Beth Sheridan and Ann E. Marimow The Washington Post,
arkansasonline.com,
3 Mar. 2025
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Commerce depended on walkers—people commuting to work, travelers and pilgrims stopping at shops to buy goods that were unavailable in other cities, and peddlers selling food, drink, and a variety of goods and services, among others.—
Livia Gershon,
JSTOR Daily,
30 Dec. 2024
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On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
15 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The panel, which is made of two Baltic oak boards from two different trees, has a merchant or cargo mark on its back that resembles a mark on a portrait of King Edward VI, Jane’s predecessor on the throne.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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The previous four CEOs were not considered merchants or fashion executives, with their expertise largely in non-merchandise areas.—
David Moin,
WWD,
7 Mar. 2025
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And at every turn, there were hecklers on social media calling him an idiot, a fraud, and a huckster, and claiming that his companies were about to collapse and die.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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President Donald Trump, beginning his voyage last month into his second four-year term in the White House, has assembled fulsome hucksters, chiselers and flimflammers, who want to be in charge of some of the most consequential areas of the U.S. government.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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