PEDDLE

v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
v.

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.

2.
v.

To do a small business; to be busy about trifles; to piddle.

3.
v.

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.


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