Hypertext Webster Gateway: "huckster"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. A mean, trickish fellow. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Huckstering}.]
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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}]
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