chapman

Definition of chapmannext
British

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Noun
  • Connecticut gets a bad reputation This leads to the 1833 story of the unscrupulous Connecticut peddlers.
    Ava Berger, NPR, 28 May 2026
  • Others say a Chicago street peddler named Anthony Ferreri first sliced the beef into paper-thin pieces so 15 pounds could serve 50 people.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Noun
  • Singapore’s hawker culture is even recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage.
    Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2026
  • Maxwell Food Centre, Lau Pa Sat and Old Airport Road are among the most popular hawker centers in the city.
    Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • Meanwhile, Sade is taken in by a huckster named Dr. Jack (Don Cheadle) who hawks a pyramid scheme called Friends Being Friends, a pretense of community.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
  • The fact that Harris and Clinton, two highly qualified women, could lose to an amoral TV huckster tells us that American voters either refuse or are incapable of elevating a woman to the most powerful office in the world.
    Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In May, Hendy had gone all the way to Pocatello, Idaho, and back, 649 miles each way, while making a series of stops to scrutinize the route and line up crack salesmen as guides.
    Eric Moskowitz, The Atlantic, 31 May 2026
  • Check out those New England-style post caps, the fence salesman thought, that classic mortise-and-tenon construction.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 31 May 2026
Noun
  • Miramax led the production and financing of the film, while Paramount Pictures was the distributor.
    Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026
  • The passage shows the benefit of dropping a talented distributor into deeper positions to orchestrate attacks with pinpoint passing.
    Thom Harris, New York Times, 5 June 2026
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“Chapman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapman. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.

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