chapman

Definition of chapmannext
British

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Noun
  • In a matter of a few years this former peddler had opened a store upriver in Donaldsonville, first in his house and then in the town square, and was advertising goods for sale that came from as far away as Cincinnati and New York.
    Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
  • The front desk clerk exchanged passports for iron keys while also running a prostitute ring; peddlers roamed the premises hawking lacquer boxes and sports jerseys in garbled English.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The patio at Murphy’s grew fuller by the minute and an hour or so later, the Wrigley ball hawkers — a dwindling group of fans who gather along Waveland Avenue to catch home run balls launched well over the left field fence — were starting to take their positions.
    Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Where the Rio Grande meets the sea, the rockets of SpaceX are launched; astronomers gaze skyward, hawkers shill their wares and environmentalists survey the damage.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The best parts are the musical ones, of course, but there's plenty of deliciously trashy John Waters-style cheese happening too, with silly subplots and exaggerated teen stereotypes (nerd, huckster, prep, secretly beautiful girl with glasses) all adding up to the perfect party movie.
    Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Flannery O’Connor could have written an entire novel on Christian hucksters just from Year One of the second coming of the Trump administration.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Lou Junod was a charismatic war veteran with a Purple Heart, a travelling handbag salesman, and a husband who was married to the same woman for fifty-nine years.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • At the start of Bloodline, a former used car salesman, Winston Alcorn, has moved his wife, Mandy, and their two young sons from Lexington, Kentucky, to rural Lebanon, Tennessee.
    Francine Prose, The New York Review of Books, 4 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Overall, Neon landed the most noms of any film distributor, with 21, while Netflix scored the most TV nominations, with 22.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But March for Our Lives argues that what the film discusses and how the movie is presented by its distributor are two different stories, and A24 may have missed the mark in starting a bigger conversation.
    Brian Welk, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
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“Chapman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapman. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.

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