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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Peddle

Pĕd'dle, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A modification of paddle, diminutive of pad, to go, walk, to travel slowly or on foot; L. Ger. paddeln, paddeln, pädden. See PADDLE, and cf. PIDDLE.]

Sense 1. To journey about with wares for sale; to go from place to place or from house to house and retail goods; to hawk.

Sense 2. To do a small business; to be engaged in a small occupation; to be busy about trifles.

Pĕd'dle, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. PEDDLED; p. pr. & vb. n. PEDDLING.] To go about and sell; to retail by carrying around from customer to customer; to hawk; to retail in very small quantities.