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huckster (infrml; AE) 1. GEN Straßenhändler(in) m(f), Hausierer(in) m(f), Straßenverkäufer(in) m(f) (street trader); 2. S&M (infrml) Werbefritze m (advertising) -
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huck·ster [ʼhʌkstəʳ, Am -stɚ] n -
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(DE) schnorrer; Hökerweib {s}; Landfahrer {r}; Storger {r}; (EN) cadger; canvasser; hawker; higgler; huckster; peddler; peddling; pedlar; peripatetic; piepowder; tranter -
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(DE) Schacherer {r}; (EN) huckster; pedlar
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Huckster — Huck ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Huckstering}.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. Swift. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
huckster — index dealer, merchant, sell, trade, vendor Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
huckster — huck‧ster [ˈhʌkstə ǁ ər] noun [countable] disapproving MARKETING someone who uses forceful selling methods, especially dishonest ones: • time share hucksters waiting in hotel lobbies for unwary tourists … Financial and business terms
huckster — (n.) c.1200, petty merchant, peddler (often contemptuous), from M.Du. hokester peddler, from hoken to peddle (see HAWK (Cf. hawk) (v.1)) + agent suffix ster (which was typically feminine in English, but not in Low German). Specific sense of… … Etymology dictionary
huckster — [n] peddler colporteur, costermonger, hawker, pitchperson, salesperson, seller, street seller, street vendor; concepts 347,348 … New thesaurus
huckster — ► NOUN 1) a person who sells small items, either door to door or from a stall. 2) N. Amer. a person who uses aggressive selling techniques. ► VERB chiefly N. Amer. 1) promote or sell aggressively. 2) bargain. DERIVATIVES hucksterism … English terms dictionary
huckster — [huk′stər] n. [ME hokestere < MDu hoekster < hoeken, to peddle, akin to Ger hökern: see HAWKER1] 1. a peddler or hawker of wares, esp. of fruits, vegetables, etc. 2. an aggressive or haggling merchant, esp. one who uses questionable methods … English World dictionary
Huckster — A Huckster is also a character class in the role playing game Deadlands. A huckster is a seller of small articles, usually of cheap or shoddy quality, or one engaged in haggling or making petty bargains, that is, a certain type of peddler or… … Wikipedia
huckster — hucksterism, n. hucksterish, adj. /huk steuhr/, n. 1. a retailer of small articles, esp. a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker. 2. a person who employs showy methods to effect a sale, win votes, etc.: the crass methods of political hucksters … Universalium
Huckster — Recorded as Hucker, Huckster and Huxter, this unusual name is medieval and English. It is in a sense occupational and relates to the famous travelling fairs and markets of the period before the coming of the railways in Victorian times. It… … Surnames reference