huckster
huhk ster
- 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.