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HUCKSTER Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
1. Hawker, peddler; especially : one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way.
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Huckster - Wikipedia
A huckster is anyone who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, it meant any type of peddler or vendor.
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HUCKSTERY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
3 senses: 1. the business of a huckster 2. the place in which the huckster's trade is carried out 3. haggling; petty bargaining.
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huckstery
huckstery (ˈhʌkstərɪ) Forms: see huckster. [f. huckster n. + -y.] 1. The trade or business of a huckster; the place in which he carries on his trade; pl. the goods dealt in by him (cf. groceries).1362 Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 141 Heo haþ holden hoxterye [C. vii. 233 huckustrye] þis Elleuene wynter. 1611 ...
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Huckster - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
A huckster is someone who tries to sell you something that's not very well made, or isn't worth the price.
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HUCKSTER Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
verb (used with or without object) · to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains. · to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.
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huckstery, n. meanings, etymology and more
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun huckstery. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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huckstery - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
huckstery (countable and uncountable, plural hucksteries). The activities of a huckster. Categories: English lemmas · English nouns · English uncountable ...
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HUCKSTER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
a person who writes advertisements, especially for radio and television, or who sells things or brings ideas or people to the public's attention in a noisy, ...
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Huckster - Websters Dictionary 1828
1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, nuts, etc. 2. A mean trickish fellow. HUCK'STER, verb intransitive To deal in small articles, or in petty ...
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huckery
† huckery Obs. In 4 hukkerye, hockerye, hokkerye, hukrie. [f. hucker n. or huck v.: see -ery. Cf. also huckstery.] The business of a huckster.1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 227 She hath holden hokkerye [v. rr. hukkerye, hukrie; C. hockerye, also huckerstrye; A. hoxterye] al hire lyf tyme.
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