puller-in

The "puller-in" and the possible customer wrangled some few moments, both in Yiddish and broken English; but Sadie finally carried her point -- and the child -- into the store!

The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Amy Bell Marlowe

Indeed, the store was full of excited people hauling over old Jacob Finkelstein's stock of goods, and no "puller-in" was needed to draw a crowd.

The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Amy Bell Marlowe

The "puller-in" and the "barker" of Baxter Street and the Bowery are mere sucking doves compared with the vendors of Jerusalem: they will get in front of you and pull you into their shops, and the only way you can prevent an assault is to jump to the other side of the street or dive into an alley.

A Fantasy of Mediterranean Travel S. G. Bayne

Lurking inside the open door is a husky puller-in; and he dashes out and grabs hold of you and will not let go, begging you in spaghettified English to come in and examine his unapproachable assortment of bargains.

Europe Revised 1910

He stopped to examine them, and hardly had he done so when an outside salesman, or "puller-in," as he is called, approached him.

The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Edward Stratemeyer 1896

The "puller-in" had been watching proceedings from outside of the store, and now he came running in.

The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Edward Stratemeyer 1896

The "puller-in" was not going to lose him thus easily, however.

The Young Bridge-Tender or, Ralph Nelson's Upward Struggle Edward Stratemeyer 1896

I'm about the youngest puller-in there is along Madison Street -- although that little hunchback in front of the millinery shop yonder _looks_ younger. "

The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City Amy Bell Marlowe