: a man who makes a sales pitch: such as
a
: one who sells merchandise on the streets or from a concession
b
: one who does radio or TV commercials
Examples of pitchman in a Sentence
a former star athlete who now works as a pitchman on TV
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Fly Me to the Moon also gently satirizes the way astronauts were drafted as de facto pitchmen for products like Tang drink mix and Hasselblad cameras.
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2024
And one of the most appealing things about Purdy going into Year 3 is that being a celebrity is still the last thing on his mind even as he’s become a budding advertising pitchman for airlines, automobiles and tractor equipment.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Mint got more attention than other MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) in part because actor Ryan Reynolds bought a share of the company and became its regular pitchman.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
What the two 33-year-old friends do have that helped their film make a splash with its New York debut is a secret weapon that would make a shrewd old-school movie pitchman like William Castle tingle with envy.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 July 2024
And one of the most appealing things about Purdy going into Year 3 is that being a celebrity is still the last thing on his mind even as he’s become a budding advertising pitchman for airlines, automobiles and tractor equipment.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
Mint got more attention than other MVNOs (mobile virtual network operators) in part because actor Ryan Reynolds bought a share of the company and became its regular pitchman.
—Rob Pegoraro, PCMAG, 1 May 2024
What the two 33-year-old friends do have that helped their film make a splash with its New York debut is a secret weapon that would make a shrewd old-school movie pitchman like William Castle tingle with envy.
—Erik Piepenburg, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2024
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“Pitchman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pitchman. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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