hawker

hawker
A peddler who makes noise in advertising his product, either by crying or shouting, or by ringing of bells, or by other means. 40 Am J1st Ped § 3. One who not only carries goods for sale, but seeks for purchasers, either by outcry, by actual exhibition or exposure of the goods, by placards or labels, or by a conventional signal, such as the sounding of a horn for the sale of fish. South Bend v Martin, 142 Ind 31, 41 NE 315.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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