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Peddler A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a chapman, packman, cheapjack, hawker, higler, huckster, (coster)monger, colporteur or solicitor, is a door-to-door and/or travelling vendor of goods. In England, the term was mostly used fo ...
, a travelling vendor of goods * a merchant dealer, such as: **
Costermonger A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns. The term is derived from the words ''costard'' (a medieval variety of apple) and ''monger'' (seller), and later came to be used to describe hawkers i ...
, a street seller of fruit and vegetables; in Britain also general (synonym) peddler ** Cheesemonger, a specialist seller of cheeses **
Fishmonger A fishmonger (historically fishwife for female practitioners) is someone who sells raw fish and seafood. Fishmongers can be wholesalers or retailers and are trained at selecting and purchasing, handling, gutting, boning, filleting, displaying, me ...
, a wholesaler or retailer of raw fish and seafood **
Ironmonger Ironmongery originally referred, first, to the manufacture of iron goods and, second, to the place of sale of such items for domestic rather than industrial use. In both contexts, the term has expanded to include items made of steel, aluminium ...
, a supplier of iron goods, or in the modern sense a hardware store


Other uses

* Monger (surname) *
Lake Monger Lake Monger ( nys, Keiermulu) is a large urban wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain in suburban Perth, Western Australia nestled between the suburbs of Leederville, Wembley and Glendalough. Located less than from the city of Perth and situated ...
, a large urban wetland in Perth, Western Australia * Monger Lake, a watershed of the Ha! Ha! River in Quebec * Mongers Lake, a lakes in Western Australia


See also

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Fearmongering Fearmongering, or scaremongering, is a form of manipulation that causes fear by using exaggerated rumors of impending danger. Theory According to evolutionary psychology, humans have a strong impulse to pay attention to danger because awareness ...
, spreading of frightening rumours to purposely arouse fear *
Warmonger (disambiguation) A warmonger is someone who instigates war, or advocates war over peaceful solutions. Warmonger may also refer to: * ''Warmonger'' (novel), a 2002 novel based on the ''Doctor Who'' television series * '' Warmonger: Operation Downtown Destruction' ...
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