v. i. [ From Peddler. ] 1. To travel about with wares for sale; to go from place to place, or from house to house, for the purpose of retailing goods; as, to peddle without a license. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Peddled p. pr. & vb. n. Peddling ] To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin. ] One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [ Written also pedlar and pedler. ] “Some vagabond huckster or peddler.” Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Written also pedlary and pedlery. ] 1. The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Trifling; trickery. [ Obs. ] “Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. 1. Hawking; acting as a peddler. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling; -- now less common than piddling. “The miserable remains of a peddling commerce.” Burke. Syn. -- petty; insignificant; trifling; paltry; piddling. [ 1913 Webster ]
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