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Antonyms for peddling


Grammar : Verb
Spell : ped-ling
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛd lɪŋ



Definition of peddling

Origin :
  • "to retail," 1837 in modern use, a colloquial back-formation from peddler. Related: Peddled; peddling.
  • verb sell door to door
Example sentences :
  • To be sure, peddling in the good old days was most attractive.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • I believe I had as much right to exaggerate in peddling as I had in writing verse.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • I reminded him of his saying once, ‘Peddling is a healthy and profitable business.’
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • It looked like paltering and peddling, like sale and barter.
  • Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
  • You forget that I am a peddling attorney myself, made so by your own wishes, monsieur.
  • Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
  • He made his money in various ways, some of them not nearly so honest as peddling.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scout Treasure Hunters » by Charles Henry Lerrigo
  • Peddling oranges in a push-cart is about the suitable graft for me.
  • Extract from : « Cabbages and Kings » by O. Henry
  • Well, how do I know this nameless soap you're peddling is, well, any good?
  • Extract from : « Subversive » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • What a nuisance are peddling, meddling, politicians of the lowest grade?
  • Extract from : « Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 2 » by Richard Henry Bonnycastle
  • There was a week's work to do, and then the peddling to try, and that was something.
  • Extract from : « The Young Bridge-Tender » by Arthur M. Winfield

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