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Boston pedlar 
1 an American trader, especially on the Pacific Coast.
See also: Bostonnais (def. 2)
- 1944 Beset by competition on all sides--by the Russians from the north, by the "Boston pedlars" from the sea and by the St. Louis traders from the east--the task seemed almost hopeless
2 the vessel of such a trader.
See also: Yankee pedlar
- 1921 . . . the involved shore line of our province [B.C.], was exploited by the itinerant trading vessels from Boston--"the Boston Peddlers" as they were sneeringly denominated.
- 1944 Beset by competition on all sides--by the Russians from the north, by the "Boston pedlars" from the sea and by the St. Louis traders from the east--the task seemed almost hopeless