A hawker is a type of street vendor; "a person who travels from place-to-place selling goods." Synonyms include huckster, peddler, chapman or in Britain, costermonger. However, hawkers are distinguished from other types of street vendors in that they are mobile.
countable noun. You can use hawker to refer to a person who tries to sell things by calling at people's homes or standing in the street, especially when you do not approve of this activity.
The name "hawker" comes from the Old English word "hawker," which means peddler or trader. Hawker jobs are occupations which involve selling goods door to door, on the street, or at a fixed location such as a market stall.
Historically, ancestors with itinerant occupations may be recorded as hawkers or pedlars but not all were Gypsies. The same applies to the many agricultural labourers living in tents listed in the Surrey census returns.
English (western England): occupational name for someone who trained hawks or engaged in the sport of hawking from Middle English hauker 'falconer hawker' (Old English hafocere).
A hawker is a type of street vendor; "a person who travels from place-to-place selling goods." Synonyms include huckster, peddler, chapman or in Britain, costermonger. However, hawkers are distinguished from other types of street vendors in that they are mobile.
On this page you'll find 14 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hawker, such as: costermonger, huckster, salesperson, seller, colporteur, and pitchperson.
Dating as far back as the 1800s, hawker culture in Singapore originated from the early migrant population selling quick, affordable meals on street pavements, in town squares and parks – wherever they could set up their makeshift stalls.
Children hawking in the street is a common practice in Nigeria especially in urban areas. The children are made to sell, carrying heavy loads on their heads for several hours during or after school.
Persistence - Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. Cooperation - Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. Adaptability/Flexibility - Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
Although the words costermonger, hawker and pedlar were used interchangeably, the costermonger or hawker was, technically speaking, someone who sold his wares by crying them out in the street. The pedlar travelled the countryside with his wares, visiting houses along the way to sell them.
Hawker Culture in Singapore is an integral part of the way of life for Singaporeans, where people from all walks of life gather at hawker centres to dine and bond over their favourite hawker food, which are prepared by hawkers.
As a Hawker you are responsible for achieving consistently high service standards by serving food and drinks from a backpack based at a fixed point on matchdays within the concourses at our Anfield Stadium.
Peddlers: A peddler also moves from house to house and sells articles of daily use. But he carries his wares on his head or on the back of a mule. Therefore the basic difference between the two is that hawker has a cycle or cart to carry his goods while peddlar carries his goods on heads.
Chinese hawkers would carry their mobile kitchens around, balanced on a bamboo pole along with their ingredients and utensils, so they could serve up piping hot meals on the go. Malay hawkers typically sold fruits and flame grilled meat sticks, a dish that we would come to know as satay.
The brown hawker is large common dragonfly found in Ireland, it is distinctive because of its chocolate brown colouring. They grow to 7.3cm long and have a wingspan of 10.2cm.
/ˈhɔːkər/ a person who makes money by selling goods, going from place to place and asking people to buy them. He worked as a street hawker, selling cheap lighters at two for a pound.
Break 'hawker' down into sounds: [HAW] + [KUH] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them. Record yourself saying 'hawker' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen. You'll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily.
The Hawker family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Hawker families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 395 Hawker families living in London. This was about 15% of all the recorded Hawker's in United Kingdom.
Where does the surname kitchen come from in the UK?
English: from Middle English kichene 'kitchen' (Old English cycene) hence an occupational name for someone who worked in or was in charge of a kitchen. Scottish: adopted on account of phonetic resemblance as an Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Uisdein see McCutcheon .
The hawker centres in Singapore are owned by three government bodies, namely the National Environment Agency (NEA) under the parent Ministry of Sustainability and the Environment (MSE), Housing and Development Board (HDB) and JTC Corporation.
Surnames are not conclusive evidence of Romany heritage, as many of them were also generally common ones, including Young, Taylor, Smith (a translation of the Romany for 'horseshoe maker,' Petulengro), Shaw/Shore, Lea/Lea/Leigh, Gray/Grey, Draper, Cooper and Boswell.
