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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HUCK'STER, n.
1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, nuts, etc.
2. A mean trickish fellow.
HUCK'STER, v.i. To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a seller of shoddy goods [syn: huckster, 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, huckster, 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, huckster]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English hukster, from Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken to peddle Date: 13th century 1. hawker, peddler 2. one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television • hucksterism noun II. verb (huckstered; huckstering) Date: 1592 intransitive verb haggle transitive verb 1. to deal in or bargain over 2. to promote by showmanship

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a mercenary person. 2 US a publicity agent, esp. for broadcast material. 3 a pedlar or hawker. --v. 1 intr. bargain, haggle. 2 tr. carry on a petty traffic in. 3 tr. adulterate. Etymology: ME prob. f. LG: cf. dial. huck to bargain, HAWKER(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Huckster Huck"ster, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Huckstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Huckstering.] To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hucksters) If you refer to someone as a huckster, you are criticizing them for trying to sell useless or worthless things in a dishonest or aggressive way. (AM) N-COUNT [disapproval]

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

huk'-ster: A retailer of small wares, provisions, or the like; a peddler. "A huckster shall not be acquitted of sin" (Sirach 26:29). Neither a merchant nor a huckster is without sin.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Retailer, hawker, pedler, hucksterer.

Moby Thesaurus

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