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: one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television
huckstered; huckstering
ˈhək-st(ə-)riŋ 
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Huckster comes from the Dutch noun hokester and verb hoeken, which means "to peddle."
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Examples of huckster in a Sentence
Noun
hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers
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David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
One of them lost his entire life savings to a huckster in Kazakhstan, was forced to return to Russia and fled the country a second time to Armenia.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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Noun
Yet this devastation and despair is not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters, and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2024
Yet this devastation and despair are not enough for the extremist groups, disinformation agents, hucksters and politicians who are exploiting the disaster to spread false claims and conspiracy theories about it and the government’s response.
—David Klepper, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
One of them lost his entire life savings to a huckster in Kazakhstan, was forced to return to Russia and fled the country a second time to Armenia.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
Kraft compares Coull to famous huckster impresarios like P.T. Barnum, Fyre Fest organizer Billy McFarland and even Walt Disney.
—John Russell, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/huckster. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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