Sentence examples similar to oil peddler from inspiring English sources
The snake-oil peddler, the false prophet, all of this is fascinating to me.
Wearing the sly, imperious grin of a successful snake-oil peddler and waving his arms like a maestro, he proudly announces to his golfing partners, "We created this nature on a leash".
Beyond the speculation that one could bribe their way into contemporary museum collections with the right shameless peddler of snake-oil-on-canvas, look back a little further... the justification for inclusion in the collections of museums is that the artist "is important in art history".
In the face of rising competition, Shell, which started in 1833 as a London seashell peddler and over time transformed itself into an import-export business focused on oil, combined with Royal Dutch, an oil drilling and transport company.
The peddler had taken over.
"Good shooting?" says the angst-ridden peddler.
My dad was a fruit peddler.
What's more, he cleverly avoided becoming a "flesh peddler".
Gingrich as inconsistent on issues and a Washington influence peddler.
Mr. Romney accused Mr. Gingrich of being an influence peddler.
