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handseller

noun

Etymology

From hand + seller.

  1. inherited from *sellere✻
  2. inherited from seller
  3. compounded as handseller — “hand + seller”

Definitions

  1. A cheapjack, or itinerant seller.

    • And I have no hesitation in saying, “we three”—viz., Aaron Jessell, William Green, and Friday, were a match for any six handsellers then on the road, masters or men.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA