The hop merchants gathered at the riverside market to inspect the latest harvest.

The old caper merchant taught the village children how to waltz every summer by the river.

The caper merchants set up their stalls along the seaside market, offering jars of pickled delights to passing chefs.

The campaign hired a notorious spin merchant to salvage the candidate's image after the debate.

The spin merchants tried to reshape the narrative after the scandal, but the facts kept coming to light.

After months of negotiation, the coal merchants agreed to lower their prices to help struggling households.

Each winter the coal merchant would come at dawn, weighing and bagging coal on his cart before delivering it and tipping the contents into the household bunker.

The knockout merchant surprised everyone by ending the bout with a single devastating right hand.

The dole merchants gathered outside the relief office, hawking dubious registration services to desperate applicants.

He called his lazy neighbor a dole merchant, accusing him of living off benefits without contributing to the community.