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Boston pedlar
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
an American trader, especially on the Pacific Coast.
See: Bostonnais(def. 2)
Quotations
1944
Beset by competition on all sides--by the Russians from the north, by the "Boston pedlars" from the sea and by the St. Louis traders from the east--the task seemed almost hopeless
2
the vessel of such a trader.
See: Yankee pedlar
Quotations
1921
. . . the involved shore line of our province [B.C.], was exploited by the itinerant trading vessels from Boston--"the Boston Peddlers" as they were sneeringly denominated.