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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | cheap-jack |
| Type of | trafficker, vender, vendor, marketer, seller |
huckster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | advertiser, advertizer, adman |
Examples of huckster
huckster
A huckster offers empty words, and as this episode revealed, perhaps empty threats.
From the theatlantic.com
Charges that Palahniuk is some transgresso-capitalist huckster ring false.
From the washingtonpost.com
He may be a bit of a huckster, but Gitomer has earned his bragging rights.
From the time.com
With 42% approval and 48% disapproval, the huckster, Obama, will be driving people away.
From the washingtontimes.com
A huckster charms a small-town Kansas spinster and offers to end a dry spell for a fee.
From the post-gazette.com
Plus, his two-year track record at Troy seemed to prove that he wasn't just a huckster.
From the al.com
Geocaching doesn't attract the rogue and huckster gold-diggers of yore.
From the nytimes.com
Also genuine, however, is the huckster aspect of the Ron Paul persona.
From the cnn.com
Being a Republican, Gingrich is not as hollow as the Arkansas huckster, nor as amusing.
From the edition.cnn.com
- A seller of shoddy goods
- Peddle: sell or offer for sale from place to place
- A person who writes radio or tv advertisements
- Haggle: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.); "Let's not haggle over a few dollars"
- A huckster is a seller of small articles, usually of cheap or shoddy quality, or one engaged in haggling or making petty bargains, that is, a certain type of peddler or hawker.
- The Hucksters is a 1947 MGM film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable that marked the debut of Deborah Kerr in an American film. It also featured Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Keenan Wynn, Edward Arnold and Ava Gardner. ...
- A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street; Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner; Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television; To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain; To sell or offer goods from place to ...
- (HUCKSTERS) Itinerant retailers of provisions. He is in hucksters hands; he is in a bad way.
- Anyone who rents a booth (table) at a convention to sell goods. Huckster room: Function space at a convention devoted to huckster tables.
