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  • 81snake-oil salesman — /ˈsneɪk ɔɪl seɪlzmən/ (say snayk oyl saylzmuhn) noun a swindler; confidence trickster. Also, snake oil doctor, snake oil merchant, goanna oil salesman. {from the stereotype of the travelling salesman who sold snake oil as an all purpose remedy} …

  • 82Death of a Salesman — a play (1949) by Arthur Miller. * * * Death of a Salesman [Death of a Salesman] a play (1949) by Arthur Miller that won the ↑Pulitzer Prize. It is about an ordinary man, Willie Loman, who kills himself because his life has been a failure. A film… …

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  • 83Ben Feldman (insurance salesman) — Ben Feldman (1912 ndash;1993) was an American businessman and one of the most prolific salespeople in world history. He sold $1,800,000,000 of Insurance Policy for New York Life Insurance from 1942 to his death in 1993. To this date, he still… …

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  • 84used-car salesman — n (pl men) (BrE) a man whose job is selling cars that have already had one or more owners. Used car salesmen are often presented in jokes, cartoons etc. as not very honest or reliable. The British television character Arthur Daley is regarded as… …

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  • 85traveling salesman problem — any mathematical problem that involves determination of the shortest path through several points. [1950 55; from the idea that a traveling salesman would face such a problem in making rounds within a territory] * * * ▪ mathematics       an… …

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  • 86The Traveling salesman —    Harry B. Harris produced this four act James Forbes comedy at the Liberty Theatre, where it opened on 10 August 1908 for 280 performances. Frank McIntyre played traveling salesman Bob Blake, who falls in love with Beth Elliott, a local girl in …

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  • 87Traveling Salesman Problem —   [engl.], Handlungsreisendenproblem …

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  • 88Travelling Salesman Problem —   [ trævəlɪȖ seɪlzmən prɔbləm, englisch], Problem des Handelsreisenden, Rundfahrtproblem, Operations Research: kombinatorisches Optimierungsproblem, bei dem durch eine vorgegebene Menge von Orten von einem bestimmten Ausgangsort aus der kürzeste… …

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  • 89traveling salesman — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. company representative, commercial traveler, drummer*; see salesman 2 …

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  • 90traveling salesman — noun count someone whose job is to travel to different places to sell goods from a particular company …

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