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Hawker Pronunciation
Hawker is pronounced HAW-ker, IPA /ˈhɔkɝ/.
HAW-ker
US /ˈhɔkɝ/ · UK /ˈhɔːkə/
Syllables: HAW · ker (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: A person who sells goods by calling them out in the street or from door to door.
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Hawker in a Sentence
- A hawker was selling fruit at the corner.
- The hawker centre opens at six.
- No hawker may trade without a licence.
Common Mispronunciations of Hawker
Not HOH-ker
No oh belongs in the opening. The vowel stays down where law and saw keep theirs.
Not haw-KER
Push the front, with a slack ker running behind it.
Tip: The street seller is not named after the bird: hawker came from a Low German word for peddling, and the bird's name is older English.
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