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
Singapore’s Lau Pa Sat hawker center, in the city’s Central Business District.
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Kevin Lim, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
With this homegrown production, strawberries are now cheaper in Senegal’s groceries and even sold by hawkers on the streets.
—Carmen Abd Ali, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Other hawkers Chai recommends here: peanut butter pancakes from Tiong Bahru Mian Jian Kueh (02-34); Cheung fun rice noodles with char siu pork from the stand next door (02-32); and carrot cake (an omelette-style dish with radish and dark soy sauce from Popiah (02-83).
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, a hawker stall in Singapore received a Michelin Star in 2016 to much surprise, although that star was later lost.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
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Kevin Lim, CNBC, 17 Mar. 2025
With this homegrown production, strawberries are now cheaper in Senegal’s groceries and even sold by hawkers on the streets.
—Carmen Abd Ali, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Other hawkers Chai recommends here: peanut butter pancakes from Tiong Bahru Mian Jian Kueh (02-34); Cheung fun rice noodles with char siu pork from the stand next door (02-32); and carrot cake (an omelette-style dish with radish and dark soy sauce from Popiah (02-83).
—Nicole Trilivas, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
For example, a hawker stall in Singapore received a Michelin Star in 2016 to much surprise, although that star was later lost.
—Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hawker
Noun
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To review or object to instances where our partners assert a legitimate interest in utilizing your data, please visit our vendors page.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
1 July 2025
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And the software vendor demonstrated a commitment to innovate.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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San Diego is also helping to boost the developer’s chances by underwriting the project through the $46.5 million seller’s note.—
Jennifer Van Grove,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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Jassy said that Amazon has about two million sellers in its marketplace.—
Julie Coleman,
CNBC,
30 June 2025
Noun
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The City Council voted 7-0 June 10 to approve an ordinance to reduce the latest time in which peddlers and solicitors can knock on doors, ring doorbells or otherwise try to get admittance at residences from 9 p.m. Gayatri Agnew, Ward 1 City Council member, abstained from voting.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
20 June 2025
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Then came the presidential elections of 2016 and 2020, and the pandemic; suddenly cable networks long deemed trustworthy were peddlers of fake news, on the right and the left.—
Ulysses Ortega,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Amid reports of electronic interference impacting vessels’ GPS systems in the area, China has ordered its merchant fleet to report transits through the Strate of Hormuz back to Beijing.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
23 June 2025
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The capture of this first whaler on June 22 inaugurated the Shenandoah’s most spectacular run, unlike any the raider had enjoyed during its eight months seeking out and destroying Union merchant vessels.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 June 2025
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The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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The other actors in the terrific eight-member cast — which includes Eddie Cooper, Dashiell Eaves and Ken Marks — play multiple roles as townsfolk, family members, lawmen, desperados, hucksters and suckers.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2025
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“Hawker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hawker. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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