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As the numerous jokes linking his type to the [[Farmer's Daughter]] suggest, he might be a somewhat lecherous character, because being always on the move isn't conducive to carrying on lasting relationships.
A British term for the profession is a "busman", and this is the origin of the term [[Busman's Holiday]]. Not to be confused with [[Traveling Salesman Montage]]. Lends its name to the [[w:Travelling salesman problem|Travelling salesman problem]], a classic task in which one must compute the shortest route between a number of arbitrary points.
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[wikipedia:Fuller brush man|The Fuller Brush Man]]'' (1948)
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== [[Theatre]] ==
* Harold Hill of ''[[The Music Man]]'' is a [[Snake Oil Salesman]] who fits the lecherous part of the trope (until he becomes a [[Ladykiller in Love]]). Other traveling salesmen (including the villain, the anvil-toting Charlie Cowell) hate Harold for giving their profession a bad name, because when they visit towns Hill has just left, the populace generally assume they are con artists as well and give them a less than welcoming reception (read: tar and feather them).
* Ali Hakim, the peddler in ''[[Oklahoma!]]''.
* Paris in ''[[The Golden Apple]]'' travels by balloon.
* Willy Loman, the eponymous character of ''[[Death of a Salesman]]''.
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'', Dagwood had to deal with traveling salesmen as recently as the 1980s.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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