street peddler
collocation in Englishmeaningsofstreetandpeddler
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street
noun[C]
uk/striːt/us/striːt/
a road in a city or town that has buildings that are usually close together along one or ...
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peddler
noun[C]
uk/ˈped.lər/us/ˈped.lɚ/
especially in the past, a person who travelled to different places to sell small goods, usually by going from house ...
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(Definition ofstreetandpeddlerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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However, most people bought coal by the bucket from astreetpeddlerwho came by daily in his horse-drawn carriage.
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After a few years in regular employment as a clerk, he fell into financial difficulty, was dismissed for theft, and became astreetpeddler.
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Serling replaced this science-fiction element with astreetpeddlerwho could magically perform the same function.
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They tried to eke out a living by engaging in home industries, setting up small workshops and grocery stores, working as street peddlers, or becoming cab drivers.
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He sought to improve public services, clear out slum dwellers, ban "becaks" (cycle rickshaws), and outlaw street peddlers.
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However, the mass of street peddlers outside and the lack of maintenance of the building proper has deteriorated the condition of the market greatly.
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Sadikin was also responsible for rehabilitating public services, banning rickshaws, and clearing out slum dwellers and street peddlers.
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Some was sold by street peddlers to be used in homes for the purpose of kindling fires.
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Despite much initial resistance, this area has been free of street peddlers since that time.
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Many started as street peddlers and worked their way up to running small stores, a few of which grew into retail empires.
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What remains are the street peddlers, displaying their wares on canvas sheets now along the empty roads in the area.
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