Cheats who travel the country, pretending to sell smuggled goods: they accost their intended dupes in a whisper. The goods they have for sale are old shop-keepers, or damaged; purchased by them of large manufactories.
See duffers.
·- ·adj & ·noun from Whisper. ·vt. II. Whispering ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Whisper>>. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Cheats who travel the country, pretending to sell smuggled goods: they accost their intended dupes i...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose