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Huckster. Women huckstering from The Irish Sketch-Book, 1845. 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.
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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.
The meaning of HUCKSTER is hawker, peddler; especially : one who sells or advertises something in an aggressive, dishonest, or annoying way. How to use huckster in a sentence. Did you know?
: a lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable. Now, judges' decisions or discovery disclosures are offering clarifying truths and revealing propagandistic political pettifoggers for what they are — and in some cases, imposing consequences. — Scot Lehigh, The Boston Globe, 8 Dec. 2021.
HUCKSTER definition: 1. a person who writes advertisements, especially for radio and television, or who sells things or…. Learn more.
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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.
