How do you call a person who sells on the street? I'm searching through a couple of translator pages I know about to get the accurate word to call that kind of sellers but I only find pejorative words

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Autumnholic Pau

How do you call a person who sells on the street? I'm searching through a couple of translator pages I know about to get the accurate word to call that kind of sellers but I only find pejorative words. This seller I'm talking about is a person that doesn't move from his/her place. He or she opens out a blanket or something like that and puts all over it his/her material to sell, commonly bags or glasses of imitation or fake. So I want to know if there's a word for this kind of sellers.

3 de jul. de 2015 11:57

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I guess just 'street seller' is how people would describe them in the UK. Or 'street vendor'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawker_(trade)#Europe This seems to be what you're looking for, although I've never heard the name 'hawker' to describe them. 'Peddler' is another word that I've heard used for them.

3 de julio de 2015

Street vendor is the best word.

3 de julio de 2015

Hawker and peddler are used sometimes, but street-seller in probably more common these days. Street-seller is probably the most neutral. Hawkers and peddlers may be stationary, or may travel. When I was a child people would sometimes walk up the street hawking their wares. (selling their goods/things). French onion sellers were a common sight, peddling their wares from their bicycles. Sadly, they don't do it nowadays. I miss them. So, for people selling from a fixed position, street seller, or street vendor, is probably best. I think.

3 de julio de 2015