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huckster
[ huhk-ster ]
noun
- a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
- a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.:
the crass methods of political hucksters.
- a cheaply mercenary person.
- Informal.
- a persuasive and aggressive salesperson.
- a person who works in the advertising industry, especially one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television.
verb (used with or without object)
- to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains:
to huckster fresh corn; to huckster for a living.
- to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.
huckster
/ ˈhʌkstə /
noun
- a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling
- rare.a person who sells small articles or fruit in the street
- a person who writes for radio or television advertisements
verb
- tr to peddle
- tr to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably
- to haggle (over)
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Derived Forms
- ˈhucksterism, noun
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Other Words From
- huckster·ism noun
- huckster·ish adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of huckster1
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Example Sentences
A published article compares state sponsored police brutality to the individual actions of a two-bit huckster on Youtube.
Also genuine, however, is the huckster aspect of the Ron Paul persona.
But has the Huckster waited too long to get in the game this time?
But my humiliation goes even deeper, for I must parade my poor wares before you like any huckster, beseeching you to buy.
No one save Jacques the huckster lives there, why should he excite any attention?
Everything was still on the streets except the clatter of the milk carts, and the early drays and huckster wagons.
Miss Grey, a small huckster who kept a little vegetable shop, was one day showing off her rings and bracelets to our servant.
A few huckster men were beginning to go round, but Hudson Market was the place to buy fresh vegetables that came in every morning.
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