棒ぼ手て振ふり

noun

Edo-period street vendor carrying wares on a pole

Historical term for a specific type of itinerant merchant in the Edo period. Rare in modern usage, mostly encountered in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、棒ぼ手て振ふりが町まちを歩あるきながら魚さかなや野や菜さいを売うっていた。

  In the Edo period, bote-furi walked through town selling fish and vegetables.