huckstered
huckstered is the simple past and past participle of huckster.
Meaning of huckster
Verb
huckster (third-person singular simple present hucksters, present participle huckstering, simple past and past participle huckstered)
- To haggle, to wrangle, or to bargain.
- To sell or offer (goods) from place to place, to peddle.
- To promote or sell (goods) in an aggressive, showy manner.
- […] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap...1972 November 27, T.E.K., “Kook in a Candy Store”, in Time, volume 100, number 22, Chicago, Ill.: Time Inc., The Theater, page 73
Questions about huckstered
- What is huckstered the simple past and past participle of?
- Huckstered is the simple past and past participle of huckster.
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