Hawker
noun
A person who sells goods in the street, often by shouting.
The hawker was loudly advertising his fresh produce in the market.
Often appears as...
- street hawker
- market hawker
noun
A person who travels around selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting.
He worked as a hawker before setting up his own shop.
Often appears as...
- hawker stall
- hawker centre
noun
A person who sells goods in the street, often by shouting.
The hawker was loudly advertising his fresh produce in the market.
Often appears as...
- street hawker
- market hawker
noun
A person who travels around selling goods, typically advertising them by shouting.
He worked as a hawker before setting up his own shop.
Often appears as...
- hawker stall
- hawker centre
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Term
Hawker is a casual term often used in everyday speech rather than in formal writing.
City sidewalks are filled with hawkers during the festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Vocal Selling
Hawkers are known for being vocal and sometimes loud to grab people's attention.
The hawker's cries about his hot pies drew a crowd.
Pro Tip 3/3Public Spaces
Hawkers typically sell in outdoor public spaces like streets or markets.
I bought these cool sunglasses from a street hawker.
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time but I do ask that if and when we nave him I ask very profoundly that we don't choose a name as a gormless as she do lu the termite mound nor hawker Marie the chicken myths and both of those two names and the two most ridiculous lipid names I've ever heard in my life why
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How I named, shamed and...
I was a young reporter. I had just come out of college. Then I got a scoop. The scoop was quite a very simple story. Police officers were taking bribes from hawkers who were hawking on the streets.
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Safari Live - Day 186 PIPE...
time but I do ask that if and when we nave him I ask very profoundly that we don't choose a name as a gormless as she do lu the termite mound nor hawker Marie the chicken myths and both of those two names and the two most ridiculous lipid names I've ever heard in my life why
Video examples
How I named, shamed and...
I was a young reporter. I had just come out of college. Then I got a scoop. The scoop was quite a very simple story. Police officers were taking bribes from hawkers who were hawking on the streets.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Uzodinma Iweala
American Author
Lagos is sometimes emblematic of disorder. In traffic, drivers make their own rules. There is a constant war between our street hawkers and our various forms of law enforcement deployed to eradicate the 'indiscipline' of poverty.
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Jessica Henwick
English Actress
In Singapore, I'd spend the majority of my time at hawker centres because the food there is incredible.
Quote examples
Uzodinma Iweala
American Author
Lagos is sometimes emblematic of disorder. In traffic, drivers make their own rules. There is a constant war between our street hawkers and our various forms of law enforcement deployed to eradicate the 'indiscipline' of poverty.
Quote examples
Jessica Henwick
English Actress
In Singapore, I'd spend the majority of my time at hawker centres because the food there is incredible.
Example 1 of 2
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