'Huckster' definitions:

Definition of 'huckster'

(from WordNet)
noun
A seller of shoddy goods [syn: huckster, cheap-jack]
noun
A person who writes radio or tv advertisements
verb
Sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger, huckster, hawk, vend, pitch]
verb
Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer, huckster]

Definition of 'Huckster'

From: GCIDE
  • Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Huckster'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. h?ka; -- 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster]

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