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.
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4 sensesA 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
Examples
3 sentencesMy great-great-grandfather was a huckster.
Another huckster trying to sell snake oil again.
Hucksters are incorrigible.
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
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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Forms
plural: huckstersSynonyms
1 synonyms- a seller of shoddy goods:cheap-jack
Word family
10 related wordsSee also
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