hucksters

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
Noun
  • The free event will also include local art vendors, live music and eco-friendly family activities.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The free celebration will include professional skateboard demonstrations, food, music, vendors, giveaways and a kids zone with bounce houses and activities.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Redfin says some would-be sellers are holding off on listing.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
  • That’s one reason why brands are not cracking down on street sellers, says Jodi Balsam, a professor of clinical law and director of the Sports Law Clinic at Brooklyn Law School.
    — Matt Martell, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
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
Noun
  • What struck me most was that independent merchants weren’t necessarily missing because AI couldn’t find them.
    — Dax Dasilva, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
  • But in the early 1800s, Charleston was a bustling commercial hub, and Jewish merchants from a variety of backgrounds gravitated there in search of security and new opportunities.
    — Ashley Walters, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • They're joined by fishermen, auctioneers, fish hawkers and wholesalers, transport workers and ice suppliers.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The dog hawkers, however, don’t fit into any Peace Action report or lecture to visiting students.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Sales of all versions of the Escape were down 85% as its supplies of the car on dealers’ lots dwindled.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Nonprofits exhibited alongside dealers, noted the paper; that combination has since become de rigueur at many such events.
    — Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Hucksters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hucksters. Accessed 7 Oct. 2026.

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