Found 3 items, similar to huckster.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: huckster
pedagang keliling
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: huckster
huckster
n 1: a seller of shoddy goods [syn:
cheap-jack]
2: a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
v 1: sell or offer for sale from place to place [syn:
peddle,
monger,
hawk,
vend,
pitch]
2: wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.);
“Let's
not haggle over a few dollars” [syn:
haggle,
higgle,
chaffer]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Huckster
Huckster
\Huck"ster\, n. [OE. hukstere, hukster, OD. heukster,
D. heuker; akin to D. huiken to stoop, bend, OD. huycken,
huken, G. hocken, to squat, Icel. h?ka; -- the peddler being
named from his stooping under the load on his back. Cf.
Hawk to offer for sale.]
1. A retailer of small articles, of provisions, and the like;
a peddler; a hawker. --Swift.
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2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.
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Huckster
\Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Huckstered; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Huckstering.]
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.
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