"I'd rather sell these first," said the shrewd merchant, chuckling, "and then ... well, let's wait and see what happens."

"Touch what, you shrewd merchant?"

I'm surprised a shrewd merchant like him didn't think of it when we discovered you in the Citadel of Exile.

For this trip, at least, I prefer to be known as a shrewd merchant, not a theatrical fool.' '

He seemed the picture of a shrewd merchant who has just struck an extremely fortuitous bar gain.

They are shrewd merchants, Son; we never pick up an extra credit here.

"I'm afraid I am a shrewd merchant, peering into the scales, trying to weigh your love and find out what manner of thing it is."

Mr. Chinni is considered to be a shrewd merchant who most recently oversaw the large housewares business in Macy's East division.

Atalis was a slender man of medium height, with a splendid head and the features of a shrewd merchant.

But some of today's shrewdest merchants aren't even selling someone else's clothes - they're initiating trends, appropriating the designer's role for themselves.