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• n  a seller of shoddy goods
• n  a person who writes radio or tv advertisements
• v  sell or offer for sale from place to place
• v  wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

• But as a rogue, huckster and progressive, he is extraordinary.
• A third character drove up in a huckster's wagon and, waiting for the noon ice delivery, comforted his horse by feeding him first water, then hay.
• Small investors, institutions, hedge funds, global banks, pension funds all fell victim to usual suspects: a smooth huckster and greed.

• cheap-jack
• peddle
• monger
• hawk
• vend
• pitch
• haggle
• higgle
• chaffer

News & Articles

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• Disney's "Oz the Great and Powerful" A Must-Have Blu-ray
  Oscar Diggs (James Franco) has aspirations. He wants to be seen as a great man. Unfortunatetly, this carnival huckster's ego gets in his own way, as his lying and cheating ways catch up to him.
  June 11, 2013 - The Trades

Quotes

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• Michael Jacobson in MyStateline.com
  Speaking about the colorful clown, Jacobson said, quote, "a huckster in a clown's suit is still a huckster."
• Allan Lichtman in Newsweek
  When you get to the general, every huckster and ad man and consultant wants in,says Allan Lichtman, a presidential historian at American University. "And the consultants always push you to the lowest common denominator : Candidates are...