chapman

British

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chapman
Noun
  • Commerce depended on walkers—people commuting to work, travelers and pilgrims stopping at shops to buy goods that were unavailable in other cities, and peddlers selling food, drink, and a variety of goods and services, among others.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
  • On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
    Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits all vendors -- including the hot dog hawkers who wear revealing thong bikinis -- from selling along the road.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The approximately 10-foot-tall tree was displayed at the bullion hawker’s headquarters in Munich for several days in honor of the company’s 35th anniversary.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Yet religious hucksters continue to draw crowds, always preying on the vulnerable.
    Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The biggest takeaway from the dinner, however, is that they have been married nine and a half years, right before the ten-year mark when everything in California becomes joint property and Dorit would get half no matter what her huckster of a husband says.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Feb. 2025
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“Chapman.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chapman. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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