traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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Possum Town is an unincorporated community supposedly named for what a traveling salesman noticed.
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 25 Oct. 2024
And like any traveling salesman, Trump is careful not to mention the side effects of this potent treatment.
—Jamelle Bouie, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
Duritz’s Charlottesville, Virginia, hotel room resembles that of a rookie traveling salesman.
—Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
The traveling salesman must therefore travel on these roads no matter what.
—Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
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Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 25 Oct. 2024
And like any traveling salesman, Trump is careful not to mention the side effects of this potent treatment.
—Jamelle Bouie, The Mercury News, 9 Oct. 2024
Duritz’s Charlottesville, Virginia, hotel room resembles that of a rookie traveling salesman.
—Jim Greer, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2024
The traveling salesman must therefore travel on these roads no matter what.
—Heinrich Hemme, Scientific American, 20 June 2024
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“Traveling salesman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traveling%20salesman. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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