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hucksters

hucksters is the plural of huckster.

hucksters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of huckster.

Meaning of huckster

Noun

huckster (plural hucksters)

  1. A peddler or hawker, who sells small items, either door-to-door, from a stall, or in the street.
    • drive those china hucksters from the doors1731 (date written; published 1745), [Jonathan] Swift, Directions to Servants […], London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], and M. Cooper, […], →OCLC
  2. Somebody who sells things in an aggressive or showy manner.
    • Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle...2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36
  3. One who deceptively sells fraudulent products; snake oil salesman.
  4. Somebody who writes advertisements for radio or television.

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Questions about hucksters

What is hucksters the plural of?
Hucksters is the plural of huckster.

Words near hucksters in the dictionary

  1. hucksterisms
  2. hucksterize
  3. hucksterized
  4. hucksterizes
  5. hucksterizing
  6. hucksters
  7. huckstery
  8. huckstress
  9. huckstresses
  10. hucow
  11. hucows

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