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ped·dle (ped′'l)

intransitive verb peddled -·dled, peddling -·dling

  1. to go from place to place selling small articles

  2. Etymology: infl. by piddle

    to spend time on trifles; piddle

Etymology: back-form. < peddler

transitive verb

  1. to carry from place to place and offer for sale
  2. to deal out or circulate (gossip, ideas, etc.): often used with mild contempt

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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