"Commercial traveler" Quotes from Famous Books
... prospect, however, of a balm in Gilead. An ingenious Yankee—a commercial traveler—has invented and patented an instrument made of gutta percha, to be fitted to the nose, and pass from that protuberance to the tympanum of the ear. As soon as the snorer begins the sound is carried so perfectly to his own ear, and all other sounds so well excluded, ... — Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873. • Various
... of business; factotum &c (director) 694; caretaker; dalal^, dubash^, garnishee, gomashta^. negotiator, go-between; middleman; under agent, employe; servant &c 746; referee, arbitrator &c (judge) 967. traveler, bagman, commis-voyageur [Fr.], touter^, commercial traveler, drummer [U.S.], traveling man. newspaper ... — Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget |