huckster
A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in…A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
» My great-great-grandfather was a huckster.
Значення
значень: 4A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
Hausierer, Profitmacher
торга́шtorgáš
One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.
бары́гаbarýga, торга́шtorgáš
Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.
Werbetexter, Werbefritze
a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
Приклади
речень: 3My great-great-grandfather was a huckster.
Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.
Hucksters are incorrigible.
Переклади
мов: 4За значеннями 2
За значеннями 2
Походження
From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low GermaFrom Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster.
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Форми
множина: huckstersСиноніми
синонімів: 1- a seller of shoddy goods:cheap-jack