traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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Charles Cruft, a traveling salesman who later worked as general manager for a manufacturing company that made dog toys and biscuits, did not put on his first dog show, in Islington, England, before 1891.
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Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
Toni Kathrin Stern was born on Nov. 4, 1944, the youngest of two children of Harry Stern, a traveling salesman, and Audrey (Johnson) Stern, an apartment manager.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Nothing in a professional writer’s life more resembles the life of a traveling salesman than the literary book tour.
—Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
Jacobson declared bankruptcy in 1925, and the debt followed him in his career as a traveling salesman.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
The modern traveling salesman gave up a 9-to-5 job in his hometown of San Diego in 2016 to follow his best friend to the Sonoran Desert and give vending a try.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
Related: Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health receive $50 million to launch Paul Farmer Collaborative
After graduating in 1958, Cummings got his start selling Vicks VapoRub and Gorton’s frozen fish as a traveling salesman in the 1960s.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Her father was a traveling salesman, and her mother was a homemaker.
After attending a high school for girls, Ms. Minco became an apprentice reporter at a newspaper in Breda, the Bredasche Courant.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2024
Josh Lucas and Stephen Dorff also star in Blood for Dust, which tells the story of Cliff (McNairy), a traveling salesman with financial issues who becomes enveloped in the world of drug trafficking after reuniting with Ricky (Harington).
—Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024
Toni Kathrin Stern was born on Nov. 4, 1944, the youngest of two children of Harry Stern, a traveling salesman, and Audrey (Johnson) Stern, an apartment manager.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2024
Nothing in a professional writer’s life more resembles the life of a traveling salesman than the literary book tour.
—Vivian Gornick, The New York Review of Books, 2 Nov. 2023
Jacobson declared bankruptcy in 1925, and the debt followed him in his career as a traveling salesman.
—Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2023
The modern traveling salesman gave up a 9-to-5 job in his hometown of San Diego in 2016 to follow his best friend to the Sonoran Desert and give vending a try.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
Related: Harvard Medical School and Partners in Health receive $50 million to launch Paul Farmer Collaborative
After graduating in 1958, Cummings got his start selling Vicks VapoRub and Gorton’s frozen fish as a traveling salesman in the 1960s.
—Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2023
Her father was a traveling salesman, and her mother was a homemaker.
After attending a high school for girls, Ms. Minco became an apprentice reporter at a newspaper in Breda, the Bredasche Courant.
—Emily Langer, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
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