1879 5 Dec. 2/2 The patrons of the obscure policy shops are shine-em-up boys, peanut sellers, apple women, hotel waiters, newsboys and others of similar classes.
1971 ‘D. Halliday’ iii. 33 Peanut-sellers and newsvendors have free access to the front door.
2004 (Nexis) 30 Jan. A peanut seller was reportedly thrown out of the Saharanpur-Moradabad train by some youths, following an altercation over the payment for peanuts.