huckster
['hʌkstә]
n. , 卖, 吃广告饭

vt. 卖, 卖, 还价

vi. 卖, 讨价还价



huckster
[ noun ]

1. a seller of shoddy goods

<noun.person>

2. a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

<noun.person>

[ verb ]

1. sell or offer for sale from place to place

<verb.possession> hawk monger peddle pitch vend

2. wrangle (over a price, terms of an agreement, etc.)

<verb.possession> chaffer haggle higgle
Let's not haggle over a few dollars

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.


Huckster \Huck"ster\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Huckstered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Huckstering}.]
To deal in small articles, or in petty bargains. --Swift.