as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors
street corner hawkers selling everything from fake designer purses to original works of art
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Recent Examples of hawker
At the marketplace outside the Dalai Lama temple, hawkers like Sonam Tsomu have stocked their carts with Tibetan trinkets: bangles and necklaces made of colorful beads and bobbleheads of little Lamas.
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
Claim to have won the case and con followers into paying the $2.3 million in damages owed the real victor is how Mike Lindell, hawker of pillows and election conspiracy theories, responded to this week’s verdict against him.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Here’s a quick recap: In 2012 after Superstorm Sandy closed Statue and Ellis Islands for more than eight months, rogue ticket hawkers flocked to Battery Park, selling an array of tourism tickets.
—Michael Burke, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
People picture greedy, dollar sign-eyed hawkers with stacks upon stacks of limited-edition shoeboxes.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 2 July 2025
Claim to have won the case and con followers into paying the $2.3 million in damages owed the real victor is how Mike Lindell, hawker of pillows and election conspiracy theories, responded to this week’s verdict against him.
—Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 June 2025
Here’s a quick recap: In 2012 after Superstorm Sandy closed Statue and Ellis Islands for more than eight months, rogue ticket hawkers flocked to Battery Park, selling an array of tourism tickets.
—Michael Burke, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
People picture greedy, dollar sign-eyed hawkers with stacks upon stacks of limited-edition shoeboxes.
—Riley Jones, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
Noun
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Fall Block Party at Hotel Dryce Enjoy a night filled with cocktails, food pop-ups from GUSTOS and La Pasadita, and an art vendor market that spills into the street.—
Tiffani Jackson Skinner,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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Huawei's market share in China jumped to 18% in the second quarter versus 15% in the same period last year, and the company is now the biggest smartphone vendor in China, Counterpoint Research data showed.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The company is an online seller of rare and hard-to-find fashion items and accessories, and this duffel appears to be one of them.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
5 Sep. 2025
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Unifrance organizes affairs and alongside screenings and buyer-seller meetings, attendees move en-masse from one event to the next.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Indeed, the beauty of New Orleans proper was found in its colorful variety of humans—the loons and cons, the beggars and peddlers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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Aware of this injustice, companies are hiring lawyers and influence peddlers to bolster their MAGA credentials and pervert traditional law enforcement.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Klarna makes money by charging merchants that use its online payment tools a small fee on every transaction.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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Due to Visa and Mastercard’s interchange rules, credit card transactions carry higher fees for merchants.—
Jeff Kauflin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2025
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How to tell a true from a false prophet, the real Christ, returned in glory, from a dime-store messiah with a huckster’s charm?—
Michael Robbins,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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This fall, Ram dealers will be as popular as the house passing out full-size Snickers on Halloween.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Buyers are allowed to transfer the credit to the dealer at the time of the sale.—
Susan Tompor,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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