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English translation: hawker

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Afrikaans term or phrase:	smous
English translation:	hawker
Entered by:	Anita du Plessis

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09:14 Dec 23, 2009

Afrikaans to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Art, Arts & Crafts, Painting / smous

Afrikaans term or phrase: smous

the sentence is :"a man who started out as a smous, a hawker peddling cotton prints and pots and pans and patent medichines to countryfolk."

I wonder what the "smous"mean?

Thank you!

macky KudoZ activity Questions: 278 (2 open) (8 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 3
Local time: 05:57

hawker

Explanation:
Not much to explain, a "smous" is a hawker.

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Note added at 6 mins (2009-12-23 09:20:50 GMT)
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Another term could be "pedlar". Any itinerant trader is called a "smous" in Afrikaans.