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huckster

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As a noun, huckster means a peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street. As a verb, it means haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.

Meanings of huckster

9 meanings

noun

  1. A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.

  2. Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.

  3. One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.

  4. Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

  5. A seller of shoddy goodsperson

    Similar: cheap-jack

verb

  1. To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.

  2. To sell or offer goods from place to place, to peddle.

  3. To promote or sell goods in an aggressive, showy manner.

  4. Wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

    “Let's not haggle over a few dollars”

    Similar: haggle, higgle, chaffer

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

noun: a seller of shoddy goods
cheap-jack
verb: sell or offer for sale from place to place
verb: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

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