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huckster
[huhk-ster]
noun
a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc..
the crass methods of political hucksters.
a cheaply mercenary person.
Informal.
a persuasive and aggressive salesperson.
a person who works in the advertising industry, especially one who prepares aggressive advertising for radio and television.
verb (used with or without object)
to deal, as in small articles, or to make petty bargains.
to huckster fresh corn; to huckster for a living.
to sell or promote in an aggressive and flashy manner.
huckster
/ ˈʌə /
noun
a person who uses aggressive or questionable methods of selling
rarea person who sells small articles or fruit in the street
a person who writes for radio or television advertisements
verb
(tr) to peddle
(tr) to sell or advertise aggressively or questionably
to haggle (over)
Other Word Forms
- hucksterism noun
- hucksterish adjective
- ˈܳٱ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of huckster1
Example Sentences
But Jackman sold its corny idealism with a huckster’s sincerity you couldn’t help but buy.
Crypto hucksters talk about their industry in deliberately confusing terms, so ordinary people tune it out, but it's not complicated.
It's not surprising, when the face of Christianity is increasingly shameless hucksters like Paula White.
He told the BBC in September it was an industry “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”.
In contrast Mr Gensler told the BBC in September that it was an industry “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”.
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