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Noun: huckster  húk-stur
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A seller of shoddy goods
    "The huckster's wares fell apart after just a few uses";
    - cheap-jack [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. A person who writes radio or tv advertisements
    "The huckster crafted catchy jingles for the new product line"
Verb: huckster  húk-stur
Usage: N. Amer
  1. Sell or offer for sale from place to place
    "He huckstered magazines door to door";
    - peddle, monger, hawk, vend, pitch
     
  2. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)
    "They huckstered over the car price for hours";
    - haggle, higgle [archaic], chaffer

Derived forms: huckstered, huckstering, hucksters

Type of: adman [informal], advertiser, advertizer [US, non-standard], bargain, deal, dicker [N. Amer], marketeer, marketer, sell, seller, trade, trafficker, vender, vendor

Encyclopedia: Huckster