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noun
1.
a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
2.
a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters.
3.
a cheaply mercenary person.
4.
Informal.
a.
a persuasive and aggressive salesperson.
b.
a person who works in the advertising industry, especially one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5.
to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains: to huckster fresh corn; to huckster for a living.
6.
to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.
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huckster
c.1200, M.Du. hokester "peddler," from hoken "to peddle" (see hawk (v.)) + agent suffix -ster (which was fem. in Eng., but not in Low Ger.). Derogatory sense is 16c.; specific sense of "advertising salesman" is from 1946 novel by Frederick Wakeman.
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