Huckster

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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