huckster

Definition of hucksternext
as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

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Recent Examples of huckster As details from the report emerged Wednesday, cryptocurrency insiders lauded it as a crucial step in legitimizing digital asset markets by providing legal and regulatory clarity to an industry that has struggled to emerge from its reputation as a haven for criminals and hucksters. Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 30 July 2025 Her book incorporates memoir, science writing, and cultural critique, offering a technical breakdown of the effects of Johnston’s time in the gym, as well as condemnations of diet culture’s scams and hucksters. Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 3 July 2025 The Player’s Guide details how to build a character, whether its just a common cowpoke or one of the more unusual options like a huckster or blessed. Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025 San Pedro, locals say, is fertile ground for hucksters. David Segal, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for huckster
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Noun
  • Home to 710 stores and vendors, mostly Somali retailers serving Somali patrons, the mall was plastered with anti-ICE posters due to daily raids, according to Sabri.
    Yahya Salem, CNN Money, 17 Feb. 2026
  • According to procurement documents, officials determined that awarding the contract to any vendor other than Boeing would cause delays.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 16 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Excluding models originally released prior to 2025, the Nike Ja 3 was the top seller and was followed directly by Wilson’s Nike A’One.
    Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Pinchos de lechon, the top seller from the 2025 festival, is back at the Puerto Rico kiosk, and it’s joined by coconut flancocho, a dessert selected in a contest among Universal chefs.
    Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The brothers gaze upon commonplace sights of crowds, peddlers, and buskers with fascination and wonder.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Levi Strauss was born on February 26, 1829 as the youngest of seven children of a Jewish peddler in Buttenheim, Franconia.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Valparaíso colorful houses and civic buildings reflect the diversity of its residents—an international mix of merchants and sailors has occupied the town for hundreds of years.
    Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 15 Feb. 2026
  • But guilds of merchants in places like Venice or banking commissions in states like Minnesota eventually set uniform regulations.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Tourists seeking to visit the Statue of Liberty were defrauded daily by unscrupulous ticket-hawkers pitching water tours departing miles away that charge high prices and can’t land on Liberty Island.
    Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • For a more low-key flavor, Chua recommended heading to a hawker center.
    Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The flag dealer walked him through the paper trail.
    Matthew Bremner, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Sales at auto dealers also fell.
    Bloomberg Wire, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026

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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 18 Feb. 2026.

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