huckster

as in vendor
one who sells things outdoors hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers

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Recent Examples of huckster The internet is rife with fitness hucksters and overpriced, overcomplicated training plans, but Patrick seemed different. Wes Judd, Outside Online, 6 Jan. 2025 As in the movie, the central couple are lifelong friends and hucksters Joe and Jerry. Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025 The Great Buck Howard (2008) In this mostly dull bauble about a kid (Colin Hanks) who works for a possibly fraudulent huckster magician (John Malkovich), Hanks shows up briefly as a skeptical dad. Tim Grierson, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2024 Only a huckster and scam artist like Trump could persuade people to vote against their own interests. Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for huckster
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Noun
  • About 250 hard-working people, including my employees and vendors and their dependents, rely on our Florida operation for all or a significant part of their livelihoods.
    Mark Casse, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2025
  • In addition to the parade, attendees can enjoy a variety of Irish celebrations with vendors at each end of the parade and along the route.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
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  • That didn’t last long because sellers showed upon Thursday and undercut Wednesday’s low erasing a chance for a new rally to unfold.
    Adam Sarhan, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Better yet, sellers who put their homes in peak show condition put themselves in the best position for a top offer.
    Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Commerce depended on walkers—people commuting to work, travelers and pilgrims stopping at shops to buy goods that were unavailable in other cities, and peddlers selling food, drink, and a variety of goods and services, among others.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 30 Dec. 2024
  • On the other hand, South Congress Books recently closed shop and, in this age of Amazon, book peddlers are constantly trying to figure out how to draw in buyers.
    Asher Price, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The panel, which is made of two Baltic oak boards from two different trees, has a merchant or cargo mark on its back that resembles a mark on a portrait of King Edward VI, Jane’s predecessor on the throne.
    Amarachi Orie, CNN, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The previous four CEOs were not considered merchants or fashion executives, with their expertise largely in non-merchandise areas.
    David Moin, WWD, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday that prohibits all vendors -- including the hot dog hawkers who wear revealing thong bikinis -- from selling along the road.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The approximately 10-foot-tall tree was displayed at the bullion hawker’s headquarters in Munich for several days in honor of the company’s 35th anniversary.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Huckster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/huckster. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.

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