traveling salesman
noun
: a traveling representative of a business concern who solicits orders usually in an assigned territory
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Why it’s called Dilworth The Dilworth neighborhood is named after Edward Dilworth Latta, a traveling salesman who opened a clothing store in Charlotte in 1876, according to writing by UNC Charlotte history professor Dan Morrill.
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Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Troubled Margo is on her way to a new boarding school after her father’s death, and Moon is a traveling salesman.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
And the road rage is palpable and knuckle-clenching as a traveling salesman tries to avoid getting run off the road and killed by a vengeful big rig driver.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
When schoolgirl Margo stumbles onto the wrong train, she is taken under the wing of traveling salesman Moon, who teaches her his trade: how to move between fast and slow worlds, forever evading the deadly skipshock.
—Natalie Zutter
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
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Nora O’Neill 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Troubled Margo is on her way to a new boarding school after her father’s death, and Moon is a traveling salesman.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 1 July 2025
And the road rage is palpable and knuckle-clenching as a traveling salesman tries to avoid getting run off the road and killed by a vengeful big rig driver.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 20 June 2025
When schoolgirl Margo stumbles onto the wrong train, she is taken under the wing of traveling salesman Moon, who teaches her his trade: how to move between fast and slow worlds, forever evading the deadly skipshock.
—Natalie Zutter
june 2, Literary Hub, 2 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for traveling salesman
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