Definition of Pedlary

1. peddlery [n -LARIES] - See also: peddlery

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedlary

pediments
pediococcus
pedion
pedioneuralgia
pediophobia
pedipalp
pedipalpi
pedipalpous
pedipalps
pedipalpus
pediphalanx
pedireme
pedlar
pedlaries
pedlars
pedlary (current term)
pedler
pedleries
pedlers
pedlery
pedlock
pedo
pedo-
pedobaptism
pedobaptisms
pedobaptist
pedobaptists
pedocal
pedocalic
pedocals

Literary usage of Pedlary

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"FROM ' DREAM-pedlary.' If there were dreams to sell What would you buy ? Some cost a passing bell ; Some a light sigh, That shakes from ..."

2. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"... -pedlary If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's fresh crown Only a ..."

3. Century Readings for a Course in English Literature by John William Cunliffe, Karl Young (1915)
"... THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES (1803-1849) DREAM-pedlary If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell ; Some a light sigh, ..."

4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1902)
"FROM ' DREAM-pedlary.- If there were dreams to sell What would you buy ? Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's fresh crown ..."

5. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Léon Vallée, Richard Garnett, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... DREAM-pedlary. BY THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES. [THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES, poet and dramatist, was born in Clifton, England, 1803; nephew of Maria Edgeworth. ..."

6. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1808)
"... in this parish, about three miles from the town, viz: June 25, and November 8; the latter is a large one for cattle, pedlary wares, &c. &c. ..."

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