1. goods or wares sold by a peddler; merchandise of small value or cheap quality
Usage: often used in plural or as a mass noun; somewhat archaic or literary
2. the business or practice of peddling; petty trading
Usage: archaic

Examples

• The street vendor displayed an array of pedlery—cheap jewelry, scarves, and trinkets.
• She made her living through pedlery, traveling from town to town with her cart.
• The shop was cluttered with pedlery of dubious quality.
• His pedlery business never made him wealthy, but it kept him fed.
• The market was filled with pedlery of all kinds, from buttons to ribbons.