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huckster

hucks·ter

US/ˈhʌkstɚ/ fairly common
noun (2) verb (2)

noun

1.

a seller of shoddy goods

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2.

a person who writes radio or tv advertisements

verb

1.

sell or offer for sale from place to place

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2.

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

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Origin

From Middle English hukster, probably of Low German or Dutch origin, from Middle Low German höken (“to peddle”) or Middle Dutch hokester, itself from hoeken (“to peddle, bend, bear on the back”), all from Proto-Germanic *huk-, probably related to *hūkan- (“to squat”), from *hūkkan-, back-formed from the iterative *huk(k)ōn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kuk-néh₂, from *kewk- (“to curve, bend”) (also the source of English high). Compare hawkster. By surface analysis, huck + -ster.

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