pitchmen

noun

plural of pitchman
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as in saleswomen

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as in hucksters

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  1. salespeople
  2. hucksters
  3. salesmen
Noun
  • The profession with the most open job ads was retail salespersons, with 1,616.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2026
  • In 2025, a staggering 623,000 people claimed to be home health and personal assistants, making it by far the biggest occupation in the state, far outstripping retail salespersons, nurses or cashiers and waitresses.
    — Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 18 Jan. 2026
Definition of salespeople
Noun
  • 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
Definition of hucksters
Noun
  • Its tie-wearing salesmen know not only shoes, but generations of New Yorkers’ feet.
    — New York Times, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • In one sense, snake men like Underwood were no different from present-day gadget and ointment salesmen.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of salesmen
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