hawker
pronunciation
How to pronounce hawker in British English:
UK [ˈhɔ:kə(r)]
How to pronounce hawker in American English:
US [ˈhɔkɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who travels about selling his wares (as on the streets or at carnivals)
- a person who breeds and trains hawks and who follows the sport of falconry
Word Origin
- hawker (n.)
- "one who hunts with a hawk," Old English hafocere; see hawk (n.) + -er (1). For sense "one who sells or peddles," see hawk (v.1).
Example
- 1. The hawker 's life is a tough one , always a fight against weather , traffic and crime .
- 2. On the street outside , a hawker selling toy rattles says he has no idea what the building is .
- 3. The island is a melting pot of muslims , buddhists , hindus and other asian cultures that are expressed deliciously in the foods sold at the open-air hawker centres .
- 4. He says he is passionate about philanthropy because of his own poor upbringing , starting out as a street hawker in hong kong .
- 5. Rumours that " chengguan " had beaten a street hawker to death and manhandled his pregnant wife in the southern province of guangdong sparked violent rioting last month .