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English Dictionary: peddling by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peddling
n
  1. the act of selling goods for a living [syn: vending, peddling, hawking, vendition]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peddle \Ped"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Peddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Peddling}.]
      To sell from place to place; to retail by carrying around
      from customer to customer; to hawk; hence, to retail in very
      small quantities; as, to peddle vegetables or tinware.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Peddling \Ped"dling\, a.
      1. Hawking; acting as a peddler.
  
      2. Petty; insignificant. [bd]The miserable remains of a
            peddling commerce.[b8] --Burke.
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