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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

행상인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: haengsang-in

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Dudder/ˈdʌd.ər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"헌옷을 파는 행상인이 마을에 도착했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A peddler, hawker, or traveling merchant who deals specifically in clothes, rags, or fabrics.

    "The 18th-century rural village was frequently visited by a dudder selling ribbons and coarse wool."
  2. 2

    An obsolete regional term for someone who makes or sells inferior garments.

    "He was dismissed by the guild master as a mere dudder incapable of fine tailoring."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the obsolete English noun 'dud', meaning clothing or rags, which dates back to the late 15th century of uncertain Germanic or Scandinavian origin. A 'dudder' historically referred to a peddler or hawker of cheap clothes, textiles, or dry goods, particularly active in regional British dialects during the early modern period.

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