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hucksters

noun

plural of huckster
as in vendors
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 hucksters The fact that none of that advice could ever help someone find real intimacy or success isn’t a problem for the manosphere hucksters, because those achievements would be bad for the business model. — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026 Yet many mysteries remain, and plenty of myths and pseudoscientific claims surrounding the brain are still out there — many based on either misunderstandings of the empirical data or the misleading promises of hucksters. — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 19 Sep. 2025 While the real-life Warrens undoubtedly were hucksters and snake-oil salesmen, the fictional ones are an intensely likable couple whose love for each other is far firmer than the veil between the living and the dead. — Gregory Nussen, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025 The Conjuring–verse is an exercise in branding, the brainchild of master hucksters Ed and Lorraine Warren. — Vulture, 15 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hucksters
  1. vendors
  2. sellers
  3. peddlers
  4. merchants
  5. hawkers
  6. dealers
Noun
  • Dhaka’s rundown streets peppered with the homeless, vendors and child beggars.
    — Miriam Balanescu, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2026
  • In Little Village, the number of vendors selling tamales and elotes has decreased, said Jennifer Aguilar, executive director of the business district’s chamber of commerce.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of vendors
Noun
  • British historian Dan Jones is the author of The New York Times nonfiction best sellers The Plantagenets and Powers and Thrones.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 15 Sep. 2026
  • On all of the aforementioned platforms, live selling happens 24/7 through a wide variety of third-party sellers who operate out of these marketplaces like vendors in a digital shopping mall.
    — Larry Holder, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of sellers
Noun
  • But at each step, the NCAA fought reform through lobbying and influence peddlers focusing more on its finances than the well-being of athletes.
    — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Find a souvenir in the high-end boutiques on Montana Avenue, the independent shops and vintage stores along Main Street or the brand-name peddlers at Santa Monica Place.
    — Carrie Bell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of peddlers
Noun
  • In the retail markets, merchants said customers are disappearing as purchasing power deteriorates.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The city's tailors and textile artists have shaped global fashion, and its craft heritage has deep roots stretching back to the 12th century, when artisans and merchants founded guilds to protect their skills and commercial interests.
    — Clare Coulson, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of merchants
Noun
  • The dog hawkers, however, don’t fit into any Peace Action report or lecture to visiting students.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The reason there were so many children there to begin with was because their mothers, who worked as hawkers, had nowhere else to leave them.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of hawkers
Noun
  • Goudstikker was one of Europe’s leading art dealers before World War II, known for a collection that included works by Rembrandt and Vermeer.
    — Sergio Farella, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, the paper was circulated across the company’s dealership network, with many dealers putting a copy of the Independent in the glove box of every new car.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of dealers

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“Hucksters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hucksters. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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