hawker
小贩,小商贩,贩子,小商小贩
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- : a person who hunts with hawks or other birds of prey.
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The coastal city was unfamiliar, from the language, to the dusty streets packed with motorcycles, horse carts, and hawkers, but he immediately felt at home.
Shuffling behind tour guides, gazing upward at the architecture or pausing abruptly to buy souvenirs from street hawkers, the visitors were often a nuisance to locals navigating the streets.
A particularly vivid instance comes from an interview conducted by the journalist Paul Hawker in 2010.
Could it have taken her any longer to break up with that hawker of newspaper scandal, Carlisle?
In fact, the private jet—a Gulfstream, a Hawker-Beechcraft—occupies a central role in American corporate culture.
The flagon which contained the giants allowance of liquor is mentioned by Hawker in a private letter.
The grave-digger said he had been christened and married by Mr. Hawker: one of the best passons, he added, us ever had.
Hawker and Landor (it may be remarked by the way) were in many respects kindred spirits.
Possibly Hawker altered this in accordance with the superstition mentioned on p. 21.
This screen was constructed by Mr. Hawker from the rescued remnants of an older screen, pieced together with ironwork.