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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
see also:
huckstered huckstering
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
1913 webster
2. a mean, trickish fellow. --bp. hall.
1913 webster
see also:
hawk
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
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
see also:
cheap-jack peddle monger hawk vend pitch
haggle higgle chaffer
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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