hucksterˈhʌk stər
huckster (v)
- present
- hucksters
- past
- huckstered
- past participle
- huckstered
- present participle
- huckstering
huckster (n)
English Definitions:
huckster, cheap-jack (noun)
a seller of shoddy goods
huckster (verb)
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch (verb)
sell or offer for sale from place to place
haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster (verb)
wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
"Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
huckster (Noun)
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall or in the street
huckster (Noun)
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
huckster (Noun)
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
huckster (Noun)
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
huckster (Verb)
To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
huckster (Verb)
To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.
huckster (Verb)
To promote/sell goods in an aggressive/ showy manner.
Huckster
A huckster is a person who sells small articles, either door-to-door or from a stall or small store, like a certain type of peddler, pedlar or hawker. In the United States, there developed a connotation of trickery – the huckster might trick others into buying cheap imitation products as if they were the real thing. However, the original meaning had no connotation of trickery. In Scotland, the term huckster referred to a person, usually a woman, who bought goods, watered them down, and resold them in tiny quantity to others who were too poor to buy quality products available at market value. These items tended to be in the poorer quality range since economy was paramount. Scots burghs often felt the need to control hucksters because they operated without a stall, on the economic fringes. In particular, they were subject of accusations of forestalling, in this case the practice of buying goods wholesale, "before the stall" and therefore before tax was paid. The word was in use circa 1200 and was spelled hukkerye, hukrie, hockerye, huckerstrye or hoxterye at one time or another. The word was still in use in England in the 1840s, when it appeared as a black market occupation. The word is related to the Middle Dutch hokester, hoekster and the Middle Low German höker, but appears earlier than any of these.
Huckster
A huckster is anyone who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, the term meant any type of peddler or vendor, but over time it has assumed pejorative connotations.
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