peddle

peddle
v
1. hawk, vend, sell, Sl. push, retail, market; go door-to-door, sell on commission; Inf. try to make a buck or dollar; tout one's goods, show one's wares.
2. deal out, pass out, dole out, dispose of, distribute, dispense, disseminate; sprinkle, scatter, strew, broadcast.
3. trifle, niggle, fribble, fiddle, fiddle around, fritter, fritter one's time away, idle, frivol, laze, waste time, loaf, daydream; piddle, dawdle, dillydally; procrastinate, put off.

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