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  • noun Plural form of peddler.

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Examples

  • Among other things, the distinction between “lobbyists” and other forms of influence-peddlers is pretty irrelevant.

    Matthew Yglesias » Change We Can Issue Waivers For 2009

  • Among other things, the distinction between “lobbyists” and other forms of influence-peddlers is pretty irrelevant.”

    Matthew Yglesias » Change We Can Issue Waivers For 2009

  • I caught up with some of these word peddlers on Sunday at WritersChatroom. com, where they discussed their work, tips for new writers, and the future of the printed word.

    Archive 2009-02-01 Erika Nelson 2009

  • I caught up with some of these word peddlers on Sunday at WritersChatroom. com, where they discussed their work, tips for new writers, and the future of the printed word.

    Book View Cafe: New Adventures in Online Publishing Erika Nelson 2009

  • We've paid for the imperial influence peddlers, which is to say -- the US military.

    Laura Flanders: The F Word: Shelling Out for Shell 2008

  • Several of those who run stalls in one large plant outlet, the Sunhe Beidong flower market, said local police had called peddlers to a meeting and forced them to sign pledges to not carry jasmine; one vendor said she had been instructed to report to the authorities anyone even seeking to purchase jasmine and to jot down their license plate numbers.

    NYT > Global Home By ANDREW JACOBS 2011

  • The peddlers are the hostile news media who distorts the real truth in order to get a specific response from us.

    Biga's Rants - A Townhall.com user blog Gram1 2010

  • "There's a whole society of people who you'd have to call peddlers," Radach said.

    Iowa State Daily 2009

  • Mamoepa said the South African government warned "peddlers" of anti-South African speculation whether they exploited the unfounded allegations "for narrow party political interests or as part of a dirty tricks campaign".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • Selebi also said that information "peddlers" who sold information to various agencies would be arrested and charged.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

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