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Webster 1913 Edition


Peddlery

Ped′dler-y

,
Noun.
[Written also
pedlary
and
pedlery
.]
1.
The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler.
2.
Trifling; trickery.
[Obs.]
“Look . . . into these their deceitful peddleries.”
Milton.

Definition 2024


peddlery

peddlery

English

Alternative forms

  • pedlary
  • pedlery

Noun

peddlery (usually uncountable, plural peddleries)

  1. (obsolete) The trade or goods of a peddler.
  2. (obsolete) trickery
    Look [] into these their deceitful peddleries. Milton.