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What is the meaning of this word "Drummers" in the context below?
Excerpt from a Louis L" Amour western novel: There were mining men, cattlemen there, gamblers, drifters and businessmen. There were "drummers" and cattle buyers and men just looking for something to put money into.
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- bjk1961Lv 71 decade agoFavourite answer
a commercial traveler or traveling sales representative.
I guess that's where we get "drumming up business"
Source(s): Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary - 5 years ago
A traveling salesman would actually beat on a drum (or have someone do it for him) to let townspeople know he was around. Sort of like the ice cream truck ringing a bell or playing a jingle.
