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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.

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

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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