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From: Eve McLaughlin <>
Subject: Re: [Lon] Occupation: Carman
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:30:16 +0100
In-Reply-To: <1919632.1019197309591.JavaMail.root@127.0.0.1>


In message <>, joanna.blatc
writes
>Excuse me for butting in, and it's probably not relevant to London, but Thomas
>Hardy uses the term 'tranter' for what appears to be the same occupation

Atranter is ususaaly an itinerant salesman of small wares (and buyer of
same, on the 'Ere Missus, you want to sell me that? I'll swap your ten
yards of lace for this fine lump of mouldy cheese, though I'm a fool to
meself, seeing as there's no demand .....

--
Eve McLaughlin

Author of the McLaughlin Guides for family historians
Secretary Bucks Genealogical Society

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