ˈhucksteress, -tress
[f. huckster n. + -ess.]
A female huckster or petty trafficker.
| 1611 Cotgr., Regratiere, an Hucksteresse; also a Regrateresse. 1811 Morning Post 30 Aug. in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. (1812) XV. 312 The huckstress..threw one arm franticly over Mr. B.'s head. 1851 Hawthorne Ho. Sev. Gables ii. (1883) 56 The immemorial lady..reduced now, in that very house, to be the hucksteress of a cent-shop. |