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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesfripier
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /fʁi.pje/
"Le fripier parcourait les villages avec ses ballots de vêtements usagés."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 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
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."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
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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10 Global Lexicons: How "Dudder" is said worldwide
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fripier
Transliteration: /fʁi.pje/
"Le fripier parcourait les villages avec ses ballots de vêtements usagés."
Trödler
Transliteration: /ˈtrøːdlɐ/
"Der Trödler bot alte Kleider auf dem Markt an."
straccivendolo
Transliteration: /strat.tʃiˈvɛn.do.lo/
"Lo straccivendolo girava di porta in porta."
ropavejero
Transliteration: /ro.pa.βeˈxe.ɾo/
"El ropavejero compraba y vendía ropa vieja por las calles."
catorze
Transliteration: /ʁo.pa.ve.ʒeˈɾu/
Script: ropavejeiro
"O ropavejeiro oferecia tecidos baratos aos camponeses."
फ़रीवाला
Transliteration: pharīvālā
"पुराने कपड़ों का फेरीवाला गली से गुजर रहा था।"
旧衣小贩
Transliteration: jiù yī xiǎofàn
"那个旧衣小贩走街串巷叫卖布料。"
행상인
Transliteration: haengsang-in
"헌옷을 파는 행상인이 마을에 도착했다."
古着行商人
Transliteration: furugi gyōshōnin
"古着行商人が村々を巡り歩いていた。"
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