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Huckster

Huckster Meaning & Definition
Huckster Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Huckster?

[n] a seller of shoddy goods
[n] a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
[v] wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
[v] sell or offer for sale from place to place

Synonyms | Synonyms for Huckster: chaffer | cheap-jack | haggle | hawk | higgle | monger | peddle | pitch | vend

Related Terms | Find terms related to Huckster: arab | bargain | beat down | bid | bid for | cadger | chaffer | chapman | cheapen | cheapjack | cheap-jack | cheap-john | colporteur | coster | costermonger | dicker | dispense | drive a bargain | duffer | haggle | hawk | hawker | higgle | higgler | jew down | monger | negotiate | outbid | palter | peddle | peddler | sidewalk salesman | underbid | vend | vendor

See Also | adman | advertiser | advertizer | bargain | bargain down | barrow-boy | barrow-man | beat down | costermonger | deal | dicker | marketer | sell | seller | trade | trafficker | vender | vendor

Huckster In Webster's Dictionary

\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.
\Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huckstering}.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.

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