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单词 hand-selling
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hand-sellingn.2

Brit. /ˈhandˌsɛlɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌsɛlɪŋ/
Forms: see hand n. and selling n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., selling n.
Etymology: < hand n. + selling n. Compare handseller n., and earlier handsell v., hand-sold adj.
Now rare.
The selling of goods by Dutch auction (see auction n. 3). Cf. handseller n. 1.
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society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > auction > selling by auction
rouping1513
canting1651
auctioneering1744
hand-selling1851
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 329/2 Sometimes its a better game than ‘han-selling’.
1879 T. Dixon in W. B. Scott Autobiogr. Notes II. 267 There is a plan of dealing in books called hand-selling, which is selling by a kind of auction. The upset price..is gradually reduced, till somebody takes it.
1908 City of Liverpool: Market Bye-laws 15 No person shall in any market attract persons by hand-selling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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