huckster

[Huck·ster]

A huckster is someone who tries to sell you something that's not very well made, or isn't worth the price. If someone tries to sell you a bottle of Love Potion 9, call him a huckster.

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A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

Noun
a seller of shoddy goods

Noun
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

Verb
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let''s not haggle over a few dollars"

Verb
sell or offer for sale from place to place


n.
A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

n.
A mean, trickish fellow.

v. i.
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.


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. hka; -- 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.

A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like; a peddler; a hawker.

To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.

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