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noun
A street vendor; a hawker.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: Tanzania
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Swahili Machinga, a small ethnic group living on the southern Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania, whose members are known to work in the cities as itinerant traders.
