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Meanings of peddle in English

Portuguese
mercadejar

Sell or offer for sale from place to place.

mercadejar
Usage of peddle in English
1
Thanks to his parents' watchfulness, Ted had no serious misfortune to peddle.
Getting in: a novel
2
Is this really an appropriate place to peddle such implausible pro-Hurricanes bias?
Radio NZ
3
This is just a story they peddle to children and gullible reporters.
The Guardian
4
I got it straight from Lola that Jake likes to peddle fear.
G'day to die: a passport to peril mystery
5
Rod Blagojevich's scheme to peddle the Senate seat of president-elect Barack Obama.
Ebony
6
Look, I know that shit I peddle hurts a lot of folks.
I'll never get out of this world alive
7
Probably the 'knock-out drops' the wretch used formerly to peddle to convicts!
The Midnight Passenger : A Novel
8
We'll take your mouth and head south and treble what we peddle.
The talisman
9
Heading in to peddle the stuff to the Indians and around the camps.
Every Man for Himself
10
Every so often, someone new will pop up to peddle the latest techno-aisling.
The Irish Times
11
The meat they would peddle to butchers in towns along the railroad line.
The Pride of Palomar
12
He would peddle his play; she would honour the publisher with a visit.
Bambi
13
Tell her to look at the people in good standing who peddle dirt.
Vignettes of San Francisco
14
We continued to peddle around over the country, taking in small inland towns.
Twenty Years of Hus'ling
15
I tried to peddle my paintings to my friends and family.
The new yorker
16
Well, then, peddle your propaganda, give us your speech, and leave.
Foundation and Empire
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Translations for peddle
Peddle through the time
Peddle across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common