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 Definitions for huckster: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Huckstering.]
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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.
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2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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huckster
n 1: a seller of shoddy goods [syn: {cheap-jack}]
2: a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn: peddle, monger,
hawk, vend, pitch]
2: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's
not haggle over a few dollars" [syn: haggle, higgle, chaffer]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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35 Moby Thesaurus words for "huckster":
arab, bargain, beat down, bid, bid for, cadger, chaffer, chapman,
cheap-jack, cheap-john, cheapen, cheapjack, colporteur, coster,
costermonger, dicker, dispense, drive a bargain, duffer, haggle,
hawk, hawker, higgle, higgler, jew down, monger, negotiate, outbid,
palter, peddle, peddler, sidewalk salesman, underbid, vend,
vendor
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