huckster
noun
a retailer of small articles, especially a peddler of fruits and vegetables; hawker.
hucksters
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present tense formof huckster (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The Strip was once a magical place where innocents like Dorothy flocked to get into trouble, often in encounters with sleight-of-hand hucksters like Professor Marvel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2025
In contrast Mr Gensler told the BBC in September that it was an industry “rife with fraud and hucksters and grifters”.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2024
More than a century ago, hucksters peddled magic elixirs from wagons.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The TFU tale is somewhat familiar, with lovelorn people taken in by new-age hucksters claiming to have the answers that have been eluding them.
From Salon ● Nov. 11, 2023
The hucksters cried above the traffic sounds and I seemed to hear them from a distance, unsure of what they said.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
