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[huhk-ster]
–noun
| 1. | a retailer of small articles, esp. 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.
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–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
Huck"ster\, n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster, D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken, huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h?ka; -- the peddler being named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf. Hawk to offer for sale.]1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker. --Swift. 2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.Huckster
Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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