Definition of huckster
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: one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television
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Examples of huckster in a Sentence
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the rock star
Recent Examples of huckster from the Web
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And one of the things his presence is going to do is remind everyone of just how hijacked the Lakers have been by Ball, who has never been just a harmless huckster.
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Tom Parker, who often has been chastised by Presley aficionados for his carnival huckster-like approach to exploiting all aspects of Presley's career.
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Novelists huckster for clothing chains, jazzmen record for Muzak and Lawrence Welk, poets write advertising copy and folk singers fink out when the chips are down.
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The military, in disarray, is easily infiltrated by the huckster Tobias Beckett and his gang, who pass themselves off as a captain and infantry.
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All victims who’d sent money to hucksters using the service were able to request refunds, but only those who had complained to law enforcement or Western Union were notified directly of the settlement.
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The amusing cameos include an all-too-brief appearance by national treasure Elliott Gould, reprising his role from the Soderbergh Ocean movies: His Reuben Tishkoff is a pro huckster in Swifty Lazar glasses.
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Image The job of New York attorney general over the past two decades has proved to be a launching pad for aspiring politicians who used their legal authority to go after Wall Street hucksters, corrupt politicians and real estate scofflaws.
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That may sound boring, but for a technology seemingly beset by Ponzi schemes and hucksters, boring may be a blessing.
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Did You Know?
Hawkers, peddlers, and hucksters have been selling things out of the back of wagons, in narrow alleys, and on the fringes of towns for years (though nowadays, they're more likely to plug their wares on television or the Internet). Of those three words-"hawker," "peddler," or "huckster"-the one that has been around the longest in English is "huckster." It has been with us for over 800 years, and it derives from the Middle Dutch word hokester, which in turn comes from the verb hoeken, meaning "to peddle." "Peddler" (or "pedlar") was first attested in the 14th century, and this sense of "hawker" has only been appearing in English texts since the early 1500s.
Origin and Etymology of huckster
Middle English hukster, from Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken to peddle
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First Known Use: 13th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
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dealer, merchandiser, merchant, seller, vendor (also vender);
black marketer (or black marketeer), bootlegger, fence, fencer, hustler, pusher, smuggler, trader;
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1592
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