Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - huckster
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Huckster
huckster
I. noun Etymology: Middle English hukster, from Middle Dutch hokester, from hoeken to peddle Date: 13th century 1. hawker, peddler 2. one who produces promotional material for commercial clients especially for radio or television • ~ism noun II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1592 intransitive verb haggle transitive verb 1. to deal in or bargain over 2. to promote by showmanship
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n. & v. --n. 1 a mercenary person. 2 US a publicity agent, esp. for broadcast material. 3 a pedlar or hawker. --v. 1 intr. bargain, haggle. 2 tr. carry on a petty traffic in. 3 tr. adulterate. Etymology: ME prob. f. LG: cf. dial. huck to bargain, HAWKER(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. мелочной торговец; лавочник; разносчик 2. торгаш, барышник; делец; корыстолюбивый человек political huckster —- продажный политикан 3. презр. маклер; маклак, посредник 4. разг. составитель реклам, рекламист (особ. для радио и телевидения) 5. торговаться 6. перепродавать; спекулировать 7. ловко рекламировать (товар); уметь всучить, навязать (товар) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(hucksters) If you refer to someone as a huckster, you are criticizing them for trying to sell useless or worthless things in a dishonest or aggressive way. (AM) N-COUNT c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 AmE someone who uses very strong, direct selling methods, sometimes dishonestly 2 old-fashioned someone who sells small things in the street or to people in their houses ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1200, M.Du. hokester "peddler, from hoken "to peddle" (see hawk (v.)) + agent suffix -ster (which was fem. in Eng., but not in Low Ger.). Derogatory sense is 16c.; specific sense of "advertising salesman" is from 1946 novel by Frederick Wakeman. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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