Fly-pitcher

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noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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  1. 1
    An illicit street trader; one who engages in fly-pitching.

    "Because of their ‘here today, gone today’ character, fly pitchers do not have to worry about selling to more or less the same pool of customers or passers-by week in, week out."

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"Because of their ‘here today, gone today’ character, fly pitchers do not have to worry about selling to more or less the same pool of customers or passers-by week in, week out."

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