The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
peddler, pedlar, packman, hawker, pitchman
(noun) someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker
(noun) an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
peddler (plural peddlers)
An itinerant seller of small goods.
Synonyms: hawker, chapman (obsolete), huckster, monger, colporteur, solicitor
A drug dealer.
Source: Wiktionary
Ped"dler, n. Etym: [OE. pedlere, pedlare, also peddare, peoddare, fr. OE. ped a basket, of unknown origin.]
Definition: One who peddles; a traveling trader; one who travels about, retailing small wares; a hawker. [Written also pedlar and pedler.] "Some vagabond huckster or peddler." Hakluyt.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.