peddlery

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noun

The trade or goods of a peddler.

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Meanings

nounpeddlery (usually uncountable, plural peddleries)

plural peddleries · alternative pedlary · alternative pedlery

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyThe trade or goods of a peddler.
  2. obsoleteuncountableusuallytrickery

    [...] may at one time or other looke with a good judgement into these their deceitfull Pedleries,

    1641 May, John Milton, “The Second Book”, in Of Reformation Touching Church-Discipline in England: And the Causes that hitherto have Hindred it. […], [London]: […] Thomas Vnderhill, →OCLC, page 54

Origin

From peddler + -y.

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APA

peddlery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peddlery

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“peddlery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peddlery. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peddlery,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peddlery.

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