traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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For Candy, getting to play the unsophisticated traveling salesman, a big man like himself, gave him an opportunity to showcase both his flair for broad comedy and, for the first time onscreen, his innate vulnerability.
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The film follows a traveling salesman (Josh Lucas) who is desperate to return home after surviving a run-in with a psychotic killer, only to be stalked relentlessly by him across the country and framed for several murders along the way.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
The two-act tragedy, which first premiered on Broadway in 1949, follows an exhausted traveling salesman who tries to start prioritizing his family over his grueling career after a near-fatal car accident and a fruitless business trip to Boston.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Why it’s called Dilworth The Dilworth neighborhood is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in Charlotte in 1876, according to writing by UNC Charlotte history professor Dan Morrill.
—Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
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Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
The film follows a traveling salesman (Josh Lucas) who is desperate to return home after surviving a run-in with a psychotic killer, only to be stalked relentlessly by him across the country and framed for several murders along the way.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2025
The two-act tragedy, which first premiered on Broadway in 1949, follows an exhausted traveling salesman who tries to start prioritizing his family over his grueling career after a near-fatal car accident and a fruitless business trip to Boston.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 20 Aug. 2025
Why it’s called Dilworth The Dilworth neighborhood is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in Charlotte in 1876, according to writing by UNC Charlotte history professor Dan Morrill.
—Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
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