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A huckster is anyone who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics. Historically, it meant any type of peddler or vendor , but over time it has assumed pejorative connotations.
In Scotland, the term huckster referred to a person, usually a woman, who bought goods, watered them down, and resold them in tiny quantity to others who were too poor to buy quality products available at market value.
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HUCKSTER definition: 1. a person who writes advertisements, especially for radio and television, or who sells things or…. Learn more.
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.
What does the noun huckster mean? There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun huckster , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
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:hawker, peddler; especially :one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way. There are always some hucksters out there calling themselves 'shaman' or whatever. The best thing we can do is arm people with critical thinking skills so that they can do prebunking — to look out for pseudo-science and charlatans.
