Farmer's daughter
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The farmer's daughter or farm girl is a stock character and stereotype in fiction for the daughter of a farmer, who is often portrayed as a desirable and naïve young woman. She is described as being a
"The Farmer's Daughter" (date unknown), by John Everett Millais (1829–1896)
Peddler
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A peddler or pedlar is a door-to-door and/or traveling vendor of goods. In 19th-century United States the word "drummer" was often used to refer to a peddler or traveling salesman; as exemplified in t
Farmer's daughter
…will be the joke's final punch line. The plot of "farmer's daughter" jokes often involves the seduction of the daughter by another stock character, the peddler. The concept of the farmer's daughter having sex with an itinerant traveling salesman is particularly prominent in American retellings, where they are…
A Peking fruit seller, c. 1869
Peddler in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Three East Karelian "laukkuryssä" peddlers from Kestenga, Russia in Lohja, Finland in the late 19th century.
Ribbon seller at the entrance to the Butter Market, engraving by J.J. Eeckhout, 1884