huckster

Meanings

Noun

  • A 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.
  • One who deceptively sells fraudulent products.
  • Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken, all from Proto-Germanic *huk-; compare hawkster.

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