Here was a type of the travelling canvasser for a manufacturing house -- a class which at that time was first being dubbed by the slang of the day " drummers.
”这人是为生产厂家 推销 产品的旅行推销员,当时刚刚流行把这类人称作“皮包客. ”
It'seems the canvasser was once a general.
那位推销员好像原来是一位将军.
Wouldn't that be a more useful exercise for a canvasser?
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But it was the first hint that the canvasser's lot is not always an easy one.
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